Ugandan police have detained two women in the northwest of the country after neighbors reported them for same-sex activity, in a rare arrest linked to a 2023 anti-LGBTQ law. A police spokesperson ...

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The Triatominae, or kissing bug, carries a parasite in its feces that can enter the body through the wound once a person ...

KWONG: Oh. OK, so you found out in your research - by tracing the phylogenetic tree of kissing through primates, you found out that kissing was likely present in the ancestor of all apes who lived 21 ...

Daisy Hernández’s journey to understand the history and devastating toll of Chagas disease began in her aunt’s hospital room. The following is an excerpt from The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family ...

Kissing feels harmless and spontaneous, but the mouth harbors millions of microbes. Most are benign, but some can cause uncomfortable or serious illnesses. Understanding how these conditions spread ...

For the past few weeks, Lee Green, the Indiana Department of Health’s senior medical entomologist, has been getting a lot of calls about kissing bugs. Kissing bugs – also known by the more scientific ...

Just recently, we have identified Kissing Bugs (Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose) in our county. The name "Kissing Bug" is a common name for various species of true bugs in the Triatominae subfamily. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study is asking the Centers for Disease Control to declare Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, an endemic after ...

Chagas disease, also known as “kissing bug disease,” is now considered endemic in the United States, with the insects that transmit it established in 32 states, according to a new report from the ...

Although the name sounds endearing, the “kissing bug” disease is nothing to fawn over. The disease is now being considered as an endemic classification, according to an August report from the Center ...