Ticks are parasites that bite and feed on humans and pets. They can spread Lyme disease and other infections. Here's what to ...

A man in his 50s has been hospitalized in critical condition after contracting the Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) in New ...

An immunocompromised woman’s cat stirred up a lot more trouble than usual (for a cat). In a recent case report, doctors ...

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While Louisiana lawmakers did little to make your life better this year, they made sure to protect themselves and big ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to ...

But in an era of intense scrutiny and increasingly lean resources, utilities are challenged with how to successfully balance ...

Kissing bugs, also known as triatomine bugs or conenose bugs, are blood-sucking insects that get their nickname from their ...

A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the ...

The Asian needle ant was first discovered in the U.S. in 1932 and found in at least three southeastern states. It is capable ...