Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CPRKids/Instagram The official state bird of Georgia should be the mosquito. You cannot go outside between the months of May ...

It can be distressing to wake up with a mysterious swollen red rash on your ankle. Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out. Even for ...

Bed bug bites can prove highly irritable. While they usually clear up on their own in a week or so, if a bed bug infestation remains, it’s likely you’ll continue to get bitten. Bed bug bites can be ...

Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals. “From an infectious standpoint, we have been seeing more ...

Poison ivy and bug bites are especially bad this time of year and CVS Pharmacy is sharing advice for parents about how to treat both. Poison ivy can quickly turn summer fun into a painful rash. “Most ...

As the weather warms up, few of us can resist a nice evening walk through the park or a trip to the countryside to immerse ourselves in natural surroundings. It’s common to notice a sudden itch or ...

The tick was identified as Ixodes daminii (deer tick), but no parasites where found in its mouth. Lyme disease (LD), the most common tick-borne illness in the United States, is a systemic infection ...

This week UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing viral upper respiratory infections. Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing cases of swimmer’s ear, diarrhea, hand, ...