You just finished a satisfying summer hike or wrapped up a weekend of yard work when you spot a tick clinging to your clothes ...

Alam mo na hindi pare-pareho ang sanhi ng pangangati ng balat? Maraming posibleng dahilan kung bakit nangangati at namamantal ...

If you want to protect yourself from mosquitoes and ticks—which seem to be everywhere this year—you might need to enlist a ...

Often our body hints to us about health problems, but we don’t notice it. Any changes in the skin, eyes, nails, or hair can ...

An itchy scalp may be related to your hair-washing schedule, but may stem from various other causes, including skin ...

Tayma, 9, struggles with the most severe version of Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare, agonizing disorder that causes skin to ...

Have you seen more ticks than usual lately in Delaware? You're not alone. Here's what's up with the state's tick population and how you can stay safe.

Body lice infestation — unlike scabies and infestations of crab lice and head lice — is strongly associated with homelessness, with the prevalence ranging from 19.1 to 68.0% among persons ...

While head lice and body lice are closely related subspecies, pubic lice are a separate species, he explains. "They're attached to the hair follicle," Kassouf explains.

These photos of 11 common bug bites and stings can help you identify what's responsible. Plus, symptoms and expert tips to help identify and treat insect bites.

Some researchers estimate that the condition affects about 2% of adults. Pubic lice spread primarily through sexual contact. Symptoms include itching, sensations of crawling insects, and visible lice.

The bacterial infection, known as Bartonella quintana, or trench fever as it was called during World War I, lives in the feces of body lice and can cause skin lesions, fever and bone pain. However ...