Summertime brings sunshine, more hours outside and an increased risk of bug bites and stings. Insects like mosquitoes, ticks, bees and spiders are often harmless, but sometimes their bites and stings ...

ATLANTA - The season for insect stings is upon us in Georgia. Summer in the South means lots of sunshine, long, hot days and, Atlanta allergist Dr. Kasey Lanier says, a rise in insect stings and bites ...

When summer arrives, so do the insects. The buzzing of mosquitoes, the stinging of wasps, and the occasional bite from a pesky bug can quickly turn a pleasant outdoor day into a nightmare. If you ...

For most people, insect stings are annoying and a little painful. However, for millions of others, stings can cause serious allergic reactions. Dozens of people die each year from bee, wasp and other ...

Dr. Dylan Wyatt, an emergency medicine physician at Aspirus-St. Luke’s, shares how manage those pesky insect bites and stings. How should we take care of insect bites? Dr. Dylan: Flies, Mosquitoes, ...

When pets venture outside, there are so many things they are eager to explore and sniff. While most outside adventures are harmless, some encounters can leave a lasting sting. Making sure the yard is ...

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 ...

As a board-certified allergist/immunologist, I would like to add some words of caution to Julie Bielenberg’s piece on “swarming ants, flying bats and racoons” which appeared in a recent issue of the ...

With the heat & humidity up, insects are biting more active. New Jersey has already recorded its first, and earliest, human case of West Nile virus, and mosquitoes carrying West Nile were found in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Some of the smallest animals in the world are deceptively dangerous. The golden poison frog, for example, is the most toxic poisonous frog in ...