Rinse off after swimming and change out of a wet swimsuit right away to remove jellyfish larvae. Use vinegar and hydrocortisone cream to ease itching and neutralize toxins. If you have symptoms like ...

Not all bug bites are equally dangerous, so it's important to know what to look out for. Tick bites sometimes look like a bullseye, while mite bites are itchy and can look like a rash. Here's how to ...

It can be distressing to wake up with a mysterious swollen red rash on your ankle. Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out. Even for ...

While ticks are similar to lice in that they prefer consuming human blood, they’re actually arachnids and don’t stay attached to your body. There are other differences. Lice are a type of insect that ...

Cameron Webb and the Department of Medical Entomology, NSW Health Pathology, have been engaged by a wide range of insect repellent and insecticide manufacturers to provide testing of products and ...

Rats and their fleas take the rap for spreading the plague, but lice that infest people may share the blame. Human body lice can harbor plague-causing bacteria and can transmit the disease by biting, ...