Deadly Kissing Bug Disease Is on The Rise Across The US, CDC Warns

health • 9/8/2025

Blood-sucking 'kissing bugs' have now carried a deadly parasite across 32 US states, the CDC warns, with hundreds of thousands of people likely already infected with the parasitic disease Chagas without realizing it.

Blood-sucking 'kissing bugs' have now carried a deadly parasite across 32 US states, the CDC warns, with hundreds of thousands of people likely already infected with the parasitic disease Chagas without realizing it. Only 29 confirmed infections were... [2716 chars]