Insects known as "deadly kissing bugs" found in North Carolina are responsible for spreading Chagas disease, an illness that, if left untreated, may cause serious heart and digestive complications.

The parasite-carrying insect is found in at least 32 U.S. states, including Kentucky.

A tiny insect with an innocent-sounding nickname is causing serious concern among federal health officials as it spreads a potentially fatal disease across America. The so-called kissing bug has now ...

A parasitic disease, which can be fatal, is spreading through an insect in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, or T. cruzi, ...

NEW ORLEANS — It's one of the leading causes of heart disease in Latin America, and it's caused by a parasite that gets inside of you from a bug bite. Now the CDC wants people in Louisiana and other ...