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

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 ...

That can lead to swelling and pus alongside the itchy bites. Thankfully, chigger bites don't cause diseases like tick bites can, Levoska says. And most people can manage the itchiness at home ...

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, ...

Priscilla Brenes, K-State Research and Extension nutrition and wellness specialist, said cases of an allergy called alpha-gal syndrome are becoming more common through more rural areas of Kansas.

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