Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Not all bug bites are equally dangerous, so it's important to know what to look out for. Tick bites sometimes look like a bullseye, while mite bites are itchy and can look like a rash. Here's how to ...

Body lice are tiny insects, about the size of a sesame seed. Body lice live in your clothing and bedding and travel to your skin several times a day to feed on blood. The most common sites for bites ...

In a recent review published in JAMA, researchers described the prevalence, causes, and treatment of infestations from scabies, bedbugs, and body lice, which frequently lead to itching and rashes.

What they look like: The best way to I.D. a tick bite is to find one of the insects attached to you—and they can linger for three to six days as they feed on your blood. Some leave a red spot about ...

A new laboratory study suggests that human body lice are more efficient at transmitting Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, than previously thought, supporting the possibility that they ...

A new laboratory study suggests that human body lice are more efficient at transmitting Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, than previously thought, supporting the possibility that they ...

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 ...