Health officials are warning Americans to be on alert as a possibly life-threatening parasitic disease continues to spread across southern states. Chagas disease is passed to humans through ...

They are known as "kissing bugs," but instead of spreading love, they transmit a parasitic disease that can be deadly. Chagas disease is considered endemic; it's present in 21 countries in the ...

Are “kissing bugs,” the bugs that transmit a potentially deadly parasitic disease that has been spreading in the U.S., in Illinois? A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is one of the most important yet neglected parasitic infections in the world.

A little-known disease is spreading in the U.S., primarily in the state of California, health officials warn. In a new study published in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers ...

Tungiasis is a parasitic skin disease caused by the penetration of the sand flea Tunga penetrans into the skin, predominantly affecting the feet. This condition is prevalent in resource-poor and ...

RUSK, Texas (KLTV) - Tests show a Cherokee County K9 died from a parasitic disease called Chagas disease. Zable, a 1 1/2-year-old Dutch shepherd had been with the sheriff’s office about two months ...