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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK Health and Security Agency has found that cases of the disease, which has been present in the UK for centuries, have surged by almost half over the last two years alone ...

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 ...