No matter how careful you are about animals in your home, or how much care you take when you are outdoors, animal and insect bites and stings are sometimes unavoidable. Fleas, mites, and chiggers ...

Emma Raducanu has revealed she refused to use an antiseptic spray to treat insect bites for fear of failing a drug test before the Australian Open. The 22-year-old British tennis star said her ...

It hurt so I gently blew some air at her face to try and get her to release only to have her viciously bite into my arm. Why would a cat be so aggressive like that? I had cleaned off the wound and ...

I was cat-sitting recently, in exchange for a free place to stay, when the white-and-gray cat lunged at my hand and bit it - ouch! - one evening before bed. The bite left a small puncture wound below ...

when the white-and-gray cat lunged at my hand and bit it — ouch! — one evening before bed. The bite left a small puncture wound below my left thumb, and it stung as I washed it and slathered ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Emergency services responded to a snake bite report on Obrien Road in Highfields north of Toowoomba at 9.36pm. Queensland Ambulance Service said the ...

Animals can also carry diseases that can be transmitted through a bite. Bites that break the skin and bites of the scalp, face, hand, wrist, or foot are more likely to become infected. Cat scratches, ...

An elderly Townsville man has been hospitalised with dengue fever, marking the region's first breakthrough case of the mosquito-borne virus in five years. There have been just four cases of ...

Cases of norovirus, also known as food poisoning or the stomach bug, have picked up steam across the U.S. The number of suspected or confirmed outbreaks skyrocketed at the end of 2024, with more ...

Norovirus, commonly known as the “stomach bug” or “winter vomiting disease,” causes acute gastroenteritis, or an inflammation of the stomach or intestines. The stubborn virus is one of the ...

Bed bugs are a complete nuisance, and their itchy bites even more so. Let’s take a look at how to identify an infestation and how to deal with bed bug bites. Image via Depositphotos Bed bugs are ...