If you’ve been trying to enjoy Grand Strand beaches now that temperatures have finally dropped, you may have noticed some unwanted pests. Common species of biting flies in South Carolina are abundant ...

As creepy as they can be, interacting with bugs is a part of life, whether you’re hanging at home or spending time outside. Unfortunately, some of those insects may decide to bite you at some point.

Move over mosquitos. There’s another blood-sucking biter Americans need to guard against because it can spread disease: the sand fly. Sand flies are tiny tan flies — about the quarter of the size of a ...

DNA from a new Bartonella bacterium has been detected in sand flies in the Brazilian Amazon, similar to the strains that ...

Back in 2014, dermatologist Bridget McIlwee saw a 3-year-old patient in central Texas with unusual bumps on his ear. "They looked a little bit like almost kind of a benign mole that you would see in a ...

WASHINGTON - Staff Sgt. Eric DiVona didn't notice the small bumps on his face and left earlobe until he returned from serving nine months in Iraq. Nothing much, he thought, probably just a spider bite ...