Scratching an itch is almost irresistible — even though it can make a problem worse. Now researchers have discovered a ...

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

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.

Since the pandemic, drug trials that purposely make people vomit, shiver and ache have become a research area of growing ...

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

Much of this depends on climate patterns. “The warmer it is, the more pests will thrive and the more populations we’ll see,” ...

A woman in South Africa believed that she had a harmless mosquito bite, but within two days, her health started deteriorating ...

A WOMAN was left fighting for her life and had to have her fingers and toes amputated after a bug bite led to her organs ...

School administrators and nurses are encouraged to review applicable state laws and regulations to ensure neffy® (epinephrine nasal spray) 2 mg ...

After the family of Grayson Roberts, a 10-year-old Southern California boy who is blind due to a rare genetic eye condition, ...

1."I'm not allergic to mosquito spit. So they bite me, and I feel the pinprick, but I never get that red, swollen, ...