Bed bugs are more than just a modern nuisance. New research shows they have been with us since humans first started living in caves around 60,000 years ago. That makes them possibly the earliest ...

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their resources to investigate the potential of vector-borne transmission of Chagas ...

One of three live bedbugs that crawled out of a library book in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2012. According to a comparison of two recently sequenced whole genomes of two genetically distinct lineages ...

Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal walking out of a cave 60,000 years ago, bed bugs have enjoyed a thriving relationship with their human ...

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 ...

People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows these bugs are often loaded with a parasite that can cause a chronic, ...

Insects have adapted to survive the winter by crawling under debris, entering a state of diapause, and producing antifreeze, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A parasitic disease called Chagas may be establishing itself in the United States, and the “kissing bugs” that cause the illness are known to live in Ohio, according to a ...

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 ...

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