A flea becomes infected when it bites rats, opossums and stray cats that are carrying the disease. The disease is caused by ...

The bacterial disease is spread to humans by fleas carried by wild animals and is not transmitted from person to person.

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I am itching. Not just a little. I mean the kind of itching that wakes you up at 2 a.m., the kind that has you scratching ...

FROM cooking to skincare, coconut oil is a staple in many households – and it can be useful for dogs too. Coconut oil is said ...

By Blake Miller For The Mountain Times Parasites aren’t just a nuisance. They can seriously affect the health and comfort of ...

Person-to-person spread of the plague hasn’t been seen in the U.S. in more than a century – so what causes the occassional cases?

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that emergency room visits caused by tick bites have spiked in 2025.