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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Talk of a “kissing bug” is spreading nationwide, and it has nothing to do with mono. The bug – a literal one, known as triatomine – carries a disease that can develop into chronic health problems and ...

Posts shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook juxtapose a screenshot of Google Images results for “new bugs in Illinois” with a description of the triatomine bug, known as the “kissing bug.” The ...

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 ...