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Insects called "oak leaf itch mites" may be to blame for a spread of red bug bites this summer – and cicadas are serving as unwitting accomplices. Also known by their scientific name Pyemotes herfsi, ...

A potentially deadly form of typhus that’s spread by chiggers has been detected in the United States for the first time. Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered that ...