Researchers report rapid spread, widespread underdiagnosis, and growing travel-associated infections, raising concerns about ...

Alpha-gal syndrome is a strange tick-borne illness that induces an allergy to a specific type of sugar found in red meat.

Company requested Type B pre-IND meeting with U.S. FDA to discuss development and regulatory strategy for its investigational tetravalent T-cell ...

A mosquito-delivered malaria vaccine sounds like science fiction, but researchers have tested the idea in humans. Volunteers ...

WASHINGTON — You’ve likely heard it since childhood: Don’t scratch that bug bite or rash, you’ll make it worse. But why would something that feels so good be bad? A lot of things can cause itchiness, ...

Venezuela confirmed three hantavirus deaths and is investigating two more, while officials stress isolated cases, no ...

Experts share tips to avoid the blood-sucking pests that can transmit Lyme disease and other illnesses on to humans ...

Scientists have successfully edited the genome of biting midges, opening the door to new research on how these insects ...

UF's Dr. Norman Beatty pursues diseases capable of inflicting much suffering — and becoming more of a threat in a changing ...

With more than 1,300 cases of Lyme disease already reported in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties this year, Western ...

Searching for ticks following an outing is something many don’t do, but should, according to Angela Horvath, a doctoral student in occupational and environmental health at the University of Iowa.