Data=KCDC Image=KCDC As the season of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS) infection is approaching, the Korea ...

Keeping your cat indoors and routinely cleaning toys and bedding is the best way to avoid ear mite infections. Many flea and tick preventatives protect against ear mites and other parasites.

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, how to handle bites.

Some fruit flies sacrifice sleep to avoid parasites like mites. Researchers discovered marked differences in gene expression related to metabolism in the hypervigilant flies.

Ticks are small, blood-sucking parasites related to spiders and mites. They’re often found in great numbers in areas where ...

Though not all ticks carry Lyme disease, it is the most common tick-borne infection in New York City and in the United States, according to the city Department of Health. The yearly number of Lyme ...

Neither! Ticks are arachnids. They're related to spiders and scorpions but are actually a kind of mite. Arachnids have eight legs and two body segments (head and cephalothorax). Insects have six ...