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

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Ugandan and international collaborators, report that permethrin-treated baby wraps reduced clinical malaria cases in young children ...

In the latest inspection reports published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), Kilkenny Care Centre was deemed to have had a "poorly coordinated" response to an outbreak of scabies ...

Tea tree oil is an essential oil with powerful antimicrobial properties that may help treat various skin conditions. While tea tree oil may be an effective complementary treatment for scabies, you ...

The Utah State Correctional Facility - plagued by scabies outbreaks, swarms of mosquitoes, drug smuggling and violent attacks - is the prison where Tyler Robinson may spend the rest of his life if ...

West Nile virus has been detected in mosquito samples in New Bedford, according to a community announcement. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health notified local health officials that the ...

Portage County has reported its first human case of West Nile virus for the year. The virus is transmitted to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes, not from person to person. While most ...

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Lice checks were a dreaded part of my childhood — I remember anxiously waiting for the nurse to call my name for a checkup, hoping a call home wouldn’t follow (sometimes, I wasn’t so lucky). Head lice ...

Scientists analyzed the distribution of three potentially harmful tick species in Illinois, identifying regions of the state with higher numbers of these ticks and, therefore, at greater risk of ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. — The year's first human case of West Nile Virus in Kalamazoo County was confirmed by health officials Monday. The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department said ...