Unlike a simple sting or puncture, the tearing action of a horsefly bite increases the risk of infection. The pain is ...

The official NHS guidance advises: "A bite from a horsefly can be very painful and the bitten area of skin will usually be ...

Vets are already seeing a return of snake bites to pets as the weather continues to warm in Northern Colorado.

Seeing any insect scuttle around your home is cause for concern, but when it’s a bug that bites, all bets are off. Of course, ...

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 ...

“Flea bites often result in small, red bumps, with a ‘halo’ around the bite center,” says Jim Fredericks, Ph.D., a ...

NBC News medical contributor Dr. John Torres joins TODAY to share everything you need to know to protect yourself from bugs, including ways you can eliminate them on your property, medications you can ...

PSA: Stingrays are back in the Lowcountry. Here’s your annual reminder of what to do — and not do — if you cross paths with one.

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.