KANSAS CITY, Mo — Getting bitten by a spider is nothing more than a bad dream for most. However, a bite left untreated turned Zachary Harakas' real life into a nightmare. “Just outside, in the outside ...

A spider bite turned into a weeks-long, life-threatening medical ordeal for a 16-year-old boy in Iowa this summer, his family revealed. Noah Johnson, set to be a high school junior this fall, was ...

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It may have only taken one radioactive spider bite for Peter Parker to become Spider-Man, but everyone else can rest easy: Spider bites are rare, and most of the time, they can be treated at home.