The Conversation updates readers on a spreading red meat allergy linked to tick bites, notably from the lone star tick and ...

As summer continues and we reach mid-season, outdoor activities such as hiking, and camping bring a higher chance of ...

Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, ...

Ticks are active in Fairfax County almost year round, including warm winter days. Lyme disease is still the best known and most common disease spread by ticks in Virginia, but there are others such as ...

As global temperatures rise and weather patterns shift, we are seeing more and more changes to our natural world. One example ...

Centipede bites can be identified by two puncture marks where they inject their venom into the skin. Some treatments include heat application, ice packs, and medications to reduce pain and swelling.

Any Lyme test available for sale at a drugstore or website is unapproved, says Andrea Love, a microbiologist and director of the American Lyme Disease Foundation. Another red flag is the use of saliva ...

California is one of the eight states where people have acquired Chagas disease locally from insects that carry a parasite in ...

Like online dating, online platforms make finding a job easy. But getting one requires beating “ghosting”, “breadcrumbing” ...

Like so many things in life, getting what you want doesn’t always make you happier, says Esther Walker. Especially when it ...

Hikers may encounter coyotes, bobcats, rattlesnakes, and golden eagles along California’s scenic John Muir Trail. Learn what ...