An itch can drive you absolutely crazy, but there are times when scratching only makes it worse—throwing your body's ...

Tamil Nadu is witnessing a concerning rise in scrub typhus cases, a bacterial infection caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi.

If you were born in the 1950s-1970s in the South, before cable TV and central air, chances are that in summer, you played ...

The bites often itch intensely. Sometimes, black flies can transmit diseases such as river blindness. Watch for any symptoms of illness, but unfortunately, there is little else you can do. Chiggers, ...

I didn’t get a chance to eat them this year, but I did get a comforting bite of an old-school chopped-brisket sandwich on my last visit. Stephen Joseph makes a great version of the classic ...

Flea bites are itchy bites that tend to appear in clusters. Scratching the bites can cause an infection, which may result in a rash or blisters. Fleas are tiny bugs that don’t grow much larger ...

If you feel a sharp pain in your jaw after taking a bite of food—especially something sweet or sour—you might have a rare condition known as “first bite syndrome." People may experience first bite ...

"[In India], 2.8 million bites are reported and 50,000 people die from snake bites each year due to poor access to medical treatment," Damian Michael, a landscape ecologist and herpetologist at ...

Both flea and bedbug bites may be a group of small dots on your skin, though bedbug bites tend to be more linear, whereas flea bites tend to be more scattered. If you notice a group of small dots ...

Dog bite treatment starts with basic first aid: stop the bleeding, clean the wound, and cover it with a clean bandage. Bites that are deep, bleeding heavily, or are on the face or hands require ...

Well, I’m stuffed. It’s been a huge 2024 for Bar & Bites — the year West Aussie dining and drinking cranked up a few notches with the arrival of some world class venues, some daring dishes ...

Global Doughnut and coffee chain owner Krispy Kreme, famous for its “original glazed doughnuts,” has a “portion of their IT systems” disrupted by a cyberattack. In an SEC filing on ...