A tropical disease once seen almost exclusively in returning travelers is now being detected in Texas and the south in people with no international travel history — caused by a parasite strain that’s ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A different blood sucking insect the size of a flea could be the cause of a skin infection epidemic in Texas. Sand flies, specifically females, bite, and suck the blood of their ...

Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by sand flies, has long challenged veterinarians and public health experts alike. Found in humans and animals across Israel and many other parts of the ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina Greensboro made a surprising finding while examining areas where sand flies rear their young: a new species of ...

WASHINGTON — Once thought to be a danger largely reserved for travelers, a flesh-eating parasite known as Leishmania mexicana is now likely spreading locally through some sand flies native to the ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) – A flesh-eating parasitic disease, typically seen in people who travel to tropical or subtropical areas, is now spreading through some sand flies in parts of the U.S., according ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believes a flesh-eating parasitic disease caused by a sand fly bite may be endemic in Texas and other southern states, according to ...

A skin disease spread by sand flies was long considered a tropical disease, only acquired by Americans traveling abroad. Well, recent findings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show ...

Once thought to be a danger largely reserved for travelers, a flesh-eating parasite known as Leishmania mexicana is now likely spreading locally through some sand flies native to the southern U.S., a ...