Leishmaniasis, a disease spread by a parasite carried by sand flies, is generally considered a tropical disease. Now, thanks to climate change,... Back in 2014, dermatologist Bridget McIlwee saw a ...

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 ...

FRIDAY, Oct. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Climate change is bringing diseases once considered tropical afflictions to the United States, and new research warns that a parasite spread by sand flies may ...

(CNN) — Move over mosquitos. There’s another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread disease: the sand fly. Sand flies are tiny tan flies — about the quarter of the ...

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 ...

Move over mosquitos. There’s another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread disease: the sand fly.Sand flies are tiny tan flies — about the quarter of the size of a ...

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 ...

HOUSTON — We’re all too familiar with mosquitos here in Texas, but there’s another bloodsucker that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants you to know about. We're talking about sand ...

Back in 2014, dermatologist Bridget McIlwee saw a 3-year-old patient in central Texas with unusual bumps on his ear. "They looked a little bit like almost kind of a benign mole that you would see in a ...