In today’s Health Alert, tick season is back and so is the threat of Lyme disease. But, there is good news on the medical ...

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold standard treatment. At ...

Did you recently get bitten by a critter while staying at a hotel or rental on the beach? Here’s what Myrtle Beach area doctors say you can do next.

In February, the FDA approved the Odactra tablet, a sublingual immunotherapy, to treat house dust mite-induced allergic ...

Bites from the snakes — the only venomous snakes likely to be seen in central North Carolina and the Triangle — are rarely fatal to humans. But antivenom, which can be used to treat copperhead bites, ...

S ammy Ramsey was having a hard time getting information. It was 2019, and he was in Thailand, researching parasites that kill bees. But Ramsey was struggling to get one particular Thai beekeeper to ...

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Data=KCDC Image=KCDC As the season of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) infection is approaching, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun monitoring the ...

It can be spread to humans through a mosquito bite. About 1% of mosquitoes carry WNV. Of people who get WNV, less than 1% get the serious kind. Here are some facts that should help. No special ...

Suspect bed bugs if over 3 red bumps in a row are on exposed skin. The bumps or bites are very itchy. Bed bug waste is found on bedding or mattress seams. It looks like dark brown flecks or coffee ...

The British Allergy Foundation says house dust mites are one of the three most common triggers for allergies. The other two are mould and pets. To be more specific, allergies are usually triggered ...