The tropical illness can quietly attack your heart if left untreated. Here’s what a leading scientist says we can do to ...

Chagas disease, a potentially deadly condition caused by a parasite carried by insects called kissing bugs, should now be ...

Chagas disease​ is already endemic to 21 countries in the Americas, and growing evidence of the parasite is challenging the ...

Chagas disease, a parasitic illness spread by "kissing bugs", is becoming more prevalent in the US, with human cases confirmed in at least eight states and the kissing bug found in 32 states, ...

The CDC has issued a warning about triatomines, a bloodsucking insect known as “kissing bugs” whose bites are often anything ...

Researchers have confirmed the presence of "kissing bugs" that carry the Chagas disease in Wyoming. The CDC says the parasitic disease is often fatal ...

Officials are sounding the alarm on an emerging disease spreading throughout the country that is caused by the kissing bug, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Tuesday report in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal raising awareness about the deadly “kissing bug” disease also known as ...

Besides mosquito bites, other causes of itchy bumps on your skin may include hives, other bug bites like flea bites, and ...

Common insect bites can come from mosquitoes, chiggers and no-see-ums. Experts outline key ways to figure out which insect bite you have. Treatment for these insect bites is the same: topical or oral ...

Becoming a meal for a hungry flea probably isn’t on your to-do list, but flea bites can and do happen to humans. But, many people have no idea what flea bites actually look like. Keep reading for ...

Growing up, whenever I had mosquito bites, they quickly became itchy, inflamed bumps on my skin. One summer, a bite on my foot got so bad I couldn’t wear anything but open-toed shoes for the greater ...