"Kising bugs" don't really kiss — they bite. And that bite could spread a parasite, leading to a potentially deadly disease researchers say is now endemic in the U.S. Researchers from the University ...

A "kiss" from these insects could make you deadly ill if left untreated. Chagas disease, or "kissing bug" disease, is a potentially fatal illness caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and ...

Kissing bugs have been found in Florida. About half the bugs studied carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease. An estimated 280,000 in the United States, have Chagas disease, often without knowing ...

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 ...

AUSTIN -- Health officials in Elgin say they have seen three reported cases of kissing bugs in the city, researchers say all-together there have been 600 found in Texas. Of the reported cases, none ...

The bloodsucking conenose is the most commonly encountered kissing bug in Illinois. Ken Johnson Ken Johnson The bloodsucking conenose is the most commonly encountered kissing bug in Illinois. When you ...

For the past few weeks, Lee Green, the Indiana Department of Health’s senior medical entomologist, has been getting a lot of calls about kissing bugs. Kissing bugs – also known by the more scientific ...