Chigger bites can resemble other insect bites but tend to itch more intensely. Here’s more about how they look, what to do if ...

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A case of Chikungunya virus on Long Island was locally acquired, health officials say Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and Reader's Digest ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating the first case of locally acquired dengue for the 2025 mosquito season in a resident of the San Gabriel Valley. The person reported ...

Talk about being bitten by the travel bug. A newlywed’s honeymoon took a terrifying turn when insect bites triggered an “insane reaction” that left her legs and feet covered in pus-filled blisters so ...

New York State Department of Health officials are investigating a possible locally acquired case of the chikungunya virus in Nassau County. If confirmed, the case would mark the first-ever ...

Fireworks weren’t the only things flying this past weekend: blood-sucking mosquitos were out, too, in full effect. So, if you’ve been itching for some relief, Amazon has it with the discounted bite ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed the first human fatality from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus in the state in over 20 years. The EEE virus is ...

(WTRF) – Chagas disease, a parasitic illness spread by triatomine insects known as “kissing bugs,” may be establishing itself in the United States, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control ...

We don't fully understand why some people appear more attractive to mosquitoes – largely because it's complicated, a tangled web of physiological factors, geography and species. But a new study has ...