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 ...

Tungiasis is a parasitic skin disease caused by the penetration of the sand flea Tunga penetrans into the skin, predominantly affecting the feet. This condition is prevalent in resource-poor and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) – A flesh-eating ...

A new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that a parasitic skin disease typically spread through the bite of sand flies may be more common in Texas than ...

International travel exposes millions to skin diseases acquired abroad, with dermatologic disorders ranking as the third most ...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) There's news crawling around the science world- parasitic skin infections can be treated with heat therapy and this therapy could become the first-line treatment for these ...

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 ...