An itch can drive you absolutely crazy, but there are times when scratching only makes it worse—throwing your body's ...

Ominike Marvis has lost count of the number of times her 6-year-old son has had malaria. So when Nigeria started offering a ...

However, more research is needed to fully support the benefits of homemade bug sprays. Not everyone is comfortable using synthetic chemicals and pesticides to ward off bugs. Many people are ...

There's currently no vaccine to prevent Lyme disease. The best way to prevent tick-borne diseases is to prevent tick bites. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in Canada. However, for ...

A 75-year-old Irish tourist has died in India of suspected dengue fever, according to local reports. The Irishman was found dead in his room at a homestay in Fort Kochi on Sunday. It has been ...

To care for a nonvenomous spider bite at home: You also can try applying tea tree oil, aloe vera, or a baking soda paste to relieve symptoms. If your symptoms do not improve or start to worsen with ...

Cover with a loose bandage and leave on for up to an hour. A paste made of baking soda and water can help with a variety of insect bites and stings. It’s believed baking soda can neutralize bee ...

Reddit has acknowledged on social media that technical issues appear to be causing the popular message board service to suffer some outages. The problems appeared to have begun on Wednesday and ...

Have you ever heard of a mosquito bite causing joint pain? Well, infection with the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which is transmitted to humans via the female Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus ...

Other than the the itching associated with mosquito bites, side effects were limited. The researchers are now keen to replicate their results in a larger trial. The work “should be followed by ...

A popular video circulating on social media showcases the playful side of a Siamese cat. In the video, the cat appears to bite a baby’s hand gently, only to be met with a surprising response. The baby ...

A villager in Boli county in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, was bitten on the left hand by a tiger and is currently being treated at a medical facility. The injured has stable vital ...