If you're unsure, look for signs such as swelling, warmth, or tenderness around the bite. Are tick bites itchy? Most tick bites do not itch or hurt because ticks inject saliva into the skin when ...

These photos of 11 common bug bites and stings can help you identify what's responsible. Plus, symptoms and expert tips to ...

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

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 ...

Learn more about tick-borne diseases. Aside from bruising, a bug bite may cause discoloration and swelling (inflammation). These symptoms may be present even without a bruise. Some insects ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick—also called a deer tick—is a risk during spring, summer, ...

A new study finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks and 25% of the younger ticks in the Northeast US carry the bacteria ...