When a mosquito pierces your skin, it does more than cause a fleeting moment of discomfort—it sets off a chain reaction ...

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A woman in South Africa believed that she had a harmless mosquito bite, but within two days, her health started deteriorating, and she fainted. Following this, she was rushed to the hospital for a ...

You cannot get Lyme disease if you come into contact with someone’s sneeze, cough, or blood. Learn when it is contagious and ...

Scratching where it itches reduces the presence of potentially harmful bacteria on the skin, studies in mice show.

His family never suspected that his favorite pastime would lead to his death at age 76. Mike died Dec. 26 from complications of West Nile virus, which is most commonly spread to humans from the bite ...

Scratching an itch is almost irresistible — even though it can make a problem worse. Now researchers have discovered a mechanism that explains the "itch-scratch cycle".

A study on fruit flies completed by researchers with Macquarie University suggests that genetic modification of male mosquitoes could help minimise the spread of illnesses linked with the insects.

People that do notice tick bites often see a bump that is: Small Itchy Raised The bump may look similar to a mosquito bite, ...

Those living in São Thomé das Letras in Brazil got to see a "rain of spiders", when the Parawixia bistriata creates an ...

Scratching an itch can bring a contradictory wave of pleasure and misery. A mouse study on scratching, reported in the Jan. 31 Science, fleshes out this ...