Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since 2013, "kissing bugs" have been reported in 31 states, including Florida. While the bugs are here, there have been no reports ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said Chagas disease, also called kissing bug disease, is now endemic in the United States — meaning cases are high enough to be considered a ...

Chagas largely spreads when triatomine bugs, commonly known as kissing bugs, bite a human while they’re sleeping. - Universal Images Group/Getty Images Chagas disease, a potentially deadly condition ...

Cause and prevention Chagas is caused by contact with triatomine bugs, known as kissing bugs, carrying the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite. The CDC reports that when the triatomine bugs bite and feed on ...

A group of researchers aims to have Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, ranked an endemic in the U.S. Researchers from the University of Florida, Texas A&M University, the University ...

UC Assistant Professor Noelia Lander in her molecular parasitology lab. A disease that's already endemic in more than 20 Latin American countries should be declared endemic in the United States as ...

Since 2013, "kissing bugs" have been reported in 31 states, including Florida. While the bugs are here, there have been no reports of people who have contracted Chagas in the United States, but a ...

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 recognition ...