1 in 5 Americans either has had bed bugs, or knows someone who has. And the problem isn’t going away. It’s actually getting a lot worse.

Despite its amorous nickname, the vinchuca, or “kissing bug,” actually gives its sleeping victims a malevolent bite—sucking blood and transmitting a microscopic parasite called Tripanisoma cruzi. The microbe, in turn, produces Chagas...

Chagas disease is a potentially life-threatening illness transmitted by the kissing bug, which carries the protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi. It is mostly found in Central and South America. It is estimated that it infects as many as...

According to a statement from the American Heart Association, Chagas disease has been spreading from Central and South America to the US.

This video the panel focus on Access to Medicines and will look specifically at gaps in R&D for medicines needed to improve access to medicines in developing countries.

Lesson on Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) : Causes, Symptoms and Treatment. Chagas Disease is caused by the parasitic protozoa Trypanosoma Cruzi. Trypanosoma cruzi protozoa are carried in the triatomine bug (aka Kissing Bug)...