When your pet heads outside, they can come into contact with some pesky pests. Here are the most common ones to look out for ...

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ...

The itch from bug bites, rashes, and other skin conditions can sometimes be so overpowering that it feels impossible to avoid ...

Zika virus hijacks the skin of its human host to send out chemical signals that lure more mosquitoes to infect and spread the disease further, new research shows.

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

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

A mom in Australia discovered her young son had leukemia after taking him to get a possible bite checked out following a ...

Bedbugs are sneaky creatures. They typically bite while you're asleep. And the itchy, red marks they leave behind will often ...

There are some things the Windsor Spitfires simply cannot control. Back-to-back road losses had little to do with systems or effort and everything to do with a flu bug that swept through the Windsor ...

A woman with a criminal record of violence punched two female police officers in the face as they tried to arrest her for causing a disturbance. Sarah Morgan also tried to bite one of the officers ...

Even for experts, it can be challenging to decipher insect bites. Using your skin's reaction to figure out precisely which insect bit you is challenging, Matt Frye, Ph.D., a community extension ...

An elderly Townsville man has been hospitalised with dengue fever, marking the region's first breakthrough case of the mosquito-borne virus in five years. There have been just four cases of ...