ACT OF LOVE: Bedbugs Could Spread Deadly, Heart-Damaging Chagas Disease.

Chagas disease transmission isn’t a significant problem in the U.S.—the few cases seen in the States are mostly brought in by travelers returning from Latin America.

In the past few years, however, bedbug populations have skyrocketed in the U.S. If these insects could spread the disease, and, says Levy, “it would be a disaster.… If Chagas starts to spread, we wouldn’t know it, due to the slow nature of the disease.”