Permethrin is odorless and colorless, and insects can’t detect its presence, she adds. That helps make it effective. In one ...

HILLSDALE, Ill. — The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship confirmed the first case of a disease negatively impacting cattle, sheep and deer was found in the state. Theileriosis is a ...

Research into Britain’s cleaning habits reveals some worrying trends. We break down the most germ-ridden everyday objects in ...

An abandoned filly who was discovered emaciated, suffering with a lice infestation and covered in hundreds of ticks alone and vulnerable on a fell in Northumberland is thriving in her new home.

Numerous insects, including mites, lice, fleas, ticks, and bed bugs, can inhabit or visit the human body. These creatures feed on blood, skin cells, or oils, potentially causing itching, rashes ...

Have you seen more ticks than usual lately in Delaware? You're not alone. Here's what's up with the state's tick population and how you can stay safe.

Lice, which are flat and wingless like ticks, but have a longer body shape, antennae and six legs. Spiders, which are arachnids like ticks and have eight legs, but are usually larger and often ...

Rickettsiosis is caused by bacteria from the Rickettsia genus, which can be spread to humans by bites from fleas, ticks, mites or lice. If left untreated, the infection can lead to blood poisoning ...

Ticks; Fleas; Lice; Prokopec is an expert in vector species, which are bugs that transmit disease. He's particularly interested in the linkages between those insects and the impact they might have on ...

Most relapsing fever bacteria that infect humans are spread by ticks, but Borrelia recurrentis is unique in being transmitted between humans via body lice. Now, new genomic evidence from ancient ...

To this day, the louse route remains unusual. Ticks still spread the majority of relapsing fever bacteria that infect humans. Therefore, the researchers were interested in what made B. recurrentis one ...