They are known as "kissing bugs," but instead of spreading love, they transmit a parasitic disease that can be deadly. Chagas disease is considered endemic; it's present in 21 countries in the ...

A French fencer has been cleared of doping allegations after arguing that she unknowingly ingested a banned substance via kissing. Ysaora Thibus, the 2022 world champion in women's foil, had been ...

French Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus has been cleared of a doping charge, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) accepted that a positive result for a banned substance was likely the result of ...

Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, usually found in rural areas of Mexico, Central and South America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The parasite ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — French Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus was cleared of a doping allegation Monday because the judges accepted she was contaminated by kissing her American partner over a ...

A group of researchers is looking for Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, to be ranked as an endemic in the United States. In a recently published study, researchers from the ...