The University of Missouri is on the front lines of helping patients with alpha-gal syndrome - a potentially life-threatening red-meat allergy caused by lone star tick bites.

Patients with debilitating symptoms are being diagnosed with a condition that has no clinical definition, writes fourth-year medical student. Treatments may do more harm than good.

It’s hard to say if it’s a dependable sign of spring, but it is different. For the last couple of days, we’ve been seeing ...

In 1990, I finished my PhD on primate evolution and went to my postdoc in Davis, California, USA. It was meant to be on fruit fly ...

For NexGard, the agency has concluded that based on the scientific evidence available, it is reasonable to believe that NexGard may be effective in the treatment of NWS myiasis in dogs and puppies, ...

West Virginia faces a new threat from the invasive Asian Longhorned Tick, which has recently been discovered in the state.

Ice scrapers and heavy coats have been temporarily set aside for sunglasses, but the natural world is still reeling from the deep freeze that gripped the region for the past several weeks. During the ...

"As people of faith, we have an opportunity to push back and offer a compelling vision of the complex and beautiful creatures ...

Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) is a viral disease mostly found in southern India and diagnosed in 400-500 people each year.

Freezing temperatures do not kill ticks, as they have adapted to survive cold weather. Ticks enter a dormant state and use ...

Josh Green and the Hawai‘i Department of Human Services announced that FEMA has extended the Disaster Case Management Program, originally created after the August 2023 wildfires, allowing it to ...