A sergeant with the Kings County Sheriff's Office remains hospitalized as doctors work to confirm what they believe may be a rare autoimmune disease.
The disease is caused by a parasite found in the feces of the "kissing bug." Chagas disease can cause chronic problems and even death.
Prayers have been answered after 5-year-old Holly Carter beat a devastating diagnosis.
Health officials in El Dorado County, California, believe the person got the plague from a flea bite while camping.
Health officials are warning travelers about an outbreak in southern China of a painful mosquito-borne virus called chikungunya, which is spread by infected mosquitoes, mainly Aedes aegypti.
Summer get-togethers are about pulling out the grill and cooking up your favorite foods. But that's not the only thing that thrives under the heat.