Chagas disease is spreading in the U.S., raising concerns about infected kissing bugs and gaps in diagnosis and screening.

Health experts are raising awareness about the spread of Chagas disease, a potentially deadly illness transmitted by insects known as "kissing bugs" in the United States. Locally acquired human cases ...

A new mosquito species in Colorado is capable of carrying dengue, yellow fever and Zika, while kissing bugs can now carry parasites that cause Chagas disease.

HOUSTON — A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness that the potentially deadly Chagas disease is becoming more common in the United States. The disease is ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for a potentially deadly disease carried by "kissing bugs" to be classified as "endemic." A report from the CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases ...

(CNN) — Chagas disease, a potentially deadly condition caused by a parasite carried by insects called kissing bugs, should now be considered endemic in the United States, experts say – and without ...

The parasitic infection — which is actually called Chagas disease but earned the nickname because it’s spread by so-called kissing bugs, or triatomine bugs — drew public attention recently after a new ...

Kissing bugs, also sometimes called cone nose bugs, can carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease in people and animals. Chagas is still considered nonendemic despite data showing locally acquired ...