But one tick bite turned her entire world upside down as she caught Lyme disease, a bacterial infection passed to humans by ...

Tick bites can look very different from person to person, Dr. Melissa Levoska, an assistant professor of dermatology at the ...

Ticks aren’t like bugs that bite you and then fly away. When a tick gets on your body, it sets up camp. It finds a place to eat, then burrows its head into your skin and starts feeding on your ...

A WOMAN was left fighting for her life and had to have her fingers and toes amputated after a bug bite led to her organs ...

It took doctors a long time, however, to figure out the unlikely cause: alpha-gal syndrome, also known as red meat allergy, which Wallace probably got from lone star tick bites in her backyard in ...

Researchers at Kansas State University say the number of cases of an allergic reaction to red meat tied to tick bites is ...

Bites from specific types of critters also require medical attention, Kassouf adds, particularly those from venomous spiders and disease-carrying ticks. Here are some of the mot common bug ...

An NUS-based study says 11 species that have bitten humans here can carry 1 or more harmful microbes. Read more at ...

Therefore, diagnosis in the early phase is frequently based on symptoms and the likelihood of a deer tick bite. Early detection means early treatment when the disease is most effectively controlled ...

Playing in the garden, exploring the local park or frolicking in the sand at the beach – South Africa’s dogs have a great ...

You're probably saying, Sue why are you writing about ticks? Ticks don't have a season, they're out right now, in the cold. I ...