This document discusses insects of medical importance. It describes how some insects directly damage human tissue or act as vectors for disease. Additionally, it explains how some insects provide useful medical services through substances like venom or maggots used for debridement. Key disease vectors discussed are mosquitoes transmitting malaria, fleas transmitting plague, and kissing bugs transmitting Chagas disease. The model organism Drosophila melanogaster is also described as useful for genetic studies.