The fatal brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri claimed the life of a Texas woman who used contaminated water in her nasal rinse, as the CDC highlights potential risks.

These microscopic creatures are too small for humans to see with the naked eye, but they resemble small bugs. Although they don’t actually bite your skin, dust mites may cause eczema-like skin ...

This type of setting is among the harshest environments humans have ever inhabited. Scientists have recognized for some time that these residents of the Andes Mountains have evolved genetic ...

Allegations of a secret nose job are threatening Peruvian President ... legal challenges relating to allegations of corruption or human rights abuses. An eighth shot himself dead when police ...

With more than a third of the contiguous U.S. in a drought, there has been a surge in the dangerous airborne flu-like disease in humans. Valley fever is a lung infection caused by breathing in ...

Jennifer Lopez has bounced back from a nose injury she sustained during rehearsals for the 2025 American Music Awards. The singer and actress, who is set to host the ceremony, shared a series of ...

Regarding humans, previous work pinpointed gene variants in centenarians — people who live to at least 100 — that may partially account for their long lives, and the new study revealed that ...

Scientists are trying to define the situationship between domestic animals and humans. Under a new definition, populations of dogs and bedbugs are in, while horses and pigs are out. Your pet pug ...

These infestations can be very painful and can cause serious, potentially fatal damage to their hosts by causing myiasis, a parasitic infection of fly larvae in human tissue. "People who travel to ...

The parasites can infect livestock, wildlife, birds, pets, and, in some rare cases humans, the USDA says ... around or in an open wound, or your nose, eyes, or mouth. Symptoms can include ...

Should I “stick my nose in” despite my demand that she and other family members keep their nose out of my business since she did initially invite me in? – Worried in Wisconsin Dear Worried ...

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