Learn how bed bugs became our oldest known pest as they co-evolved with humans, starting with our Neanderthal ancestors.

Researchers compared the whole genome sequence of two genetically distinct lineages of bed bug, and their findings indicate bed bugs may well be the first true urban pest.

Roche said on it would advance testing of an antibiotic against a common drug-resistant bacteria that causes serious hospital infections into the third and last phase of testing on humans.

Stink bugs don't bite, but they are a nuisance, especially because if you crush them they emit an bad odor. Learn how to make ...

They have been bugging people since they hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal around 60,000 years ago.

Around 60,000 years ago, a few adventurous bed bugs made a bold move. They left their bat hosts behind and climbed onto ...

“That makes sense because modern humans moved out of caves about 60,000 years ago,” added study co-author and Virginia Tech ...

The UK Health Security Agency has shared important advice telling people with suspected norovirus to stay home for 48 hours ...

STONE Age people had a far more troublesome enemy than sabre-tooth tigers — bed bugs. Their first settlements — like Fred ...

Given the 12 to 48-hour incubation period of the virus, the UKHSA cautioned: "Individuals are most infectious when ...

A Stourport gran admits she thought nothing of a tiny cut from a smashed wine glass… until she developed a 'flesh-eating bug' ...

A Stourport gran admits she thought nothing of a tiny cut from a smashed wine glass… until she developed a 'flesh-eating bug' ...