Alpha-gal syndrome is a strange tick-borne illness that induces an allergy to a specific type of sugar found in red meat.

Ticks are small, and you might not notice when they bite, but the diseases they carry can dramatically harm your health. Each ...

Not sure what critter left that bite on your arm? Here's how to tell common bug bites apart.

Being bitten by a spider isn’t something most people want to experience. But while spider bites aren’t as common as people think, they can and do happen. Of course, this is still a puncture wound, ...

Cases of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy that comes from a tick bite, are climbing fast. But why does it only develop ...

A hike or going on any outdoor adventure can leave you feeling good-exhausted, at peace, and connected to nature. But you might also end up with a less pleasant souvenir: a gnarly bug bite—or ...

Some hunters participating in the 2026 Florida Python Challenge will likely get bitten by the invasive snake. One hunter told ...

Tick season got off to an early and strong start this year. This spring, emergency room visits for tick bites in the United States surged to the highest levels seen in nearly a decade, according to ...

The Onondaga County Department released its food inspection reports for restaurants checked between July 5 and July 11.

Louisiana’s top court just freed a man who was locked up for 30 years based on the now-debunked science of bite marks, but an Alabama man with a similar case is still sitting in prison and waiting for ...

Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...

Deadly snakes are an occupational hazard in the Aussie bush. Well, that’s an Allocasuarina verticillata, the drooping she-oak. Those branchlets are pointy, some people call them needle-like. And over ...