These pictures of common bug bites can help you figure out what bit you, and how you should seek treatment.

PhD students Anthony Martin and Graeme Brown from the Faculty of Science and Information Technology have just published research that shows lice could be a source of disease transmission. PhD students ...

Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues. He began his career in ...

Ticks are found all over the world. There are more than 900 species, and many of them pass on dangerous diseases to both ...

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Physicians Roseville Pediatrics reports that, despite the dreary, cold weather, they have continued to see a rise in seasonal allergy symptoms. Providers have ...

Ticks are found all over the world. There are more than 900 species, and many of them pass on dangerous diseases to both humans and animals.

The time may come when animals (including humans) will be able to poison the bugs that bite them. Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture was hard at work on this project. Many modern ...

About 5,000 years ago, a bacterium that was primarily transmitted via ticks made a switch to louse. That may have been a strategic evolutionary opportunity, since the change from tick to louse as a ...