Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you've been trying to enjoy Grand Strand beaches now that temperatures have finally dropped, you may have noticed some unwanted ...

A disfiguring parasitic infection, common in the tropics, has now found a home in Texas and Oklahoma and is expanding its range in the U.S. The parasite, Leishmania mexicana, is transmitted by tiny ...

Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease native to tropical areas, can spread with the bite of infected sand flies. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most common forms ...

The CDC finds that leishmaniasis, a skin disease spread by sand flies, is spreading at low levels in the southern U.S. It was previously considered a tropical disease only be acquired abroad. A skin ...

Stable flies have been biting people on Myrtle Beach sands this fall. Photo from the University of Florida. Lyle Buss/Eleanor Nash If you've been trying to enjoy Grand Strand beaches now that ...