INDIANAPOLIS — The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people of a deadly bug that can be found in Indiana. The insect's scientific name is Triatominae, but it is better known by its ...

LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - You may have heard about the "kissing bug." While its name sounds friendly, its bite can be dangerous. "Kissing bugs do exist in Louisiana," said Dr. B.J. Foch, Department of ...

Kissing bugs, which are blood-feeding insects that can carry Chagas disease, are not currently common in New England but ...

NEW ORLEANS — It's one of the leading causes of heart disease in Latin America, and it's caused by a parasite that gets inside of you from a bug bite. Now the CDC wants people in Louisiana and other ...

Eastern bloodsucking conenose "kissing bug" (Triatoma sanguisuga) on a leaf. This nocturnal bloodsucker carries and passes the Chagas disease to hosts. Photograph by Brett Hondow, Alamy Stock Photo ...

US health officials are sounding the alarm on Chagas disease, an illness caused by a parasite that is transmitted by kissing bugs (also known as "assassin bugs"). Initially limited to Latin America, ...

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 ...

Recent evidence is leading to Chagas disease being classified as endemic in the U.S., which means it occurs regularly within an area, community or even country. Chagas disease is a potentially fatal ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso have found a sharp increase in the number of insects carrying the parasite that causes Chagas disease, raising new concerns ...

Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose Kissing Bug (Triatoma sanguisuga) on a leaf in Houston, TX. Dangerous biting insect native to the USA, that carries Chagas disease. Once considered an illness confined to ...

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 ...