The family of a 9-year-old Indiana girl bitten by a venomous snake received a medical bill totaling $142,938 that included a $67,957 charge for four vials of antivenin, according to a Kaiser Health ...

When Ray Grasshoff saw his 3-year-old beagle, Jack, tossing a brightly striped snake violently in his mouth on June 9, then rubbing his snout, he remembered a rhyme from his childhood days working ...

Being bitten by a rattlesnake in the great outdoors is bad enough. What's even worse is that some Bay Area hospitals are running short of antivenin to treat patients. A production problem with a ...

Hospitals are facing a critical shortage of the antivenin used to treat rattlesnake bites at a time when the poisonous reptiles are most likely to come in contact with people venturing outdoors. “It’s ...

If a copperhead snake ever sinks its fangs into your flesh, chances are you'll get the same antivenin used to treat rattlesnake, cottonmouth and water moccasin bites. But no one really knows if that ...

If you’re one of those pet owners who would do anything to save your animal’s life, this is story you will want to hear. A woman from northwest Houston was left in limbo after her dog’s close ...

Be extra careful when you go traipsing through the East Bay hills or the Sierra this summer. If you get bitten by a rattlesnake, your local hospital might not have enough antivenin to treat you. A ...

At the dawn of a new snake season, hospitals are facing a temporary shortage of antivenin used to treat the swollen, blackened legs of hikers bitten by rattlers that have slithered out of their winter ...

The rainy season is synonymous with snake season, putting the onus on local hospitals to have antivenin in stock. The UF Health Shands Hospital typically has about 50 vials of antivenin on hand, said ...

An experimental drug tested on Tucson children who suffered potentially fatal scorpion stings appears ready for federal approval, University of Arizona scientists say. The drug — an antivenin known as ...

Snakebites can be painful and scary. But they may seem like weak nips after the hospital’s billing department sinks their teeth in. Emergency treatment for a copperhead bite in a 9-year-old Indiana ...