A Delaware girl was bitten by a "kissing bug" over the summer, the CDC said this week. Here's what you need to know about them and Chagas disease.

Researchers are saying that kissing bugs—which are often carriers of Chagas disease—have developed a "secure foothold" in the U.S.

The kissing bug bit a Delaware girl, causing recent panic. The bug bites victims then poops nearby, which spreads Chagas disease. Here's what you should know including symptoms and treatment.

Here’s how it works: The kissing bug usually bites people on their faces, near the eyes and the mouth (hence the nickname). If the poop gets into the wound, eyes, or mouth, it can spread the ...

Triatomine bugs head for the eyes and lips and leave behind parasite-infested poop. They're usually found farther south.

Entomologists in Delaware are urging caution over confirmed "kissing bug" insects that were infected with a potentially fatal parasite.

Dr. Manny explains what you need to know about kissing bugs, and whether they pose a risk to your family.

Kissing bugs can pass along parasites after defecating at the area of their bite, making it a gross but rare combination that must happen before an infection occurs.

A kissing bug gorges on your blood. Then it poops on you. And that poop might contain the parasite that causes Chagas disease, which can be deadly. Without knowing it, millions of people have ...

People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows ...

Here’s how it works: The kissing bug usually bites people on their faces, near the eyes and the mouth (hence the nickname). If the poop gets into the wound, eyes, or mouth, it can spread the ...

You can get Chagas Disease from the triatomine bug biting you, sucking your blood, and pooping on you. And guess what, this bug is now in 28 states in the U.S.