Milder winters and rainy springs help the parasites thrive in the U.S., and emergency-room visits for bites are up.

With temperatures soaring over the past few weeks, many of us have been spending more time outdoors, making the most of the ...

Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...

A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

Since 2016, the Virginia Department of Health has confirmed 17 cases in the commonwealth, according to the study published in ...

C reactive protein (CRP), a marker for the presence of an inflammatory process, is the most extensively studied marker for distinguishing bacterial from non-bacterial infections in febrile patients. A ...

Animal Bite-associated Infections Microbiology and Treatment Nicole Thomas; Itzhak Brook Disclosures Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9 (2):215-226.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Rescue crews took a woman to the hospital following a bad bite off Fort Lauderdale Beach. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue units responded to the 700 block of North Fort ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It's looking like a bad year for tick bites. Data from the CDC show people are seeking emergency care at the highest rates since 2019. So if you are planning a hike or a ...

It's looking like a bad year for tick bites. Data from the CDC show people are seeking emergency care at the highest rates since 2019. So if you are planning a hike or a trip to the park and you ...