State Rep. Anita Burroughs says she learned that cat bites can lead to life-threatening infections after her husband tangled with their cat.

Bites from the snakes — the only venomous snakes likely to be seen in central North Carolina and the Triangle — are rarely fatal to humans. But antivenom, which can be used to treat copperhead bites, ...

An initial clinical trial in Kenya found no safety concerns, a first step toward testing unithiol as a treatment for venomous snakebites in people.

The Florida Department of Health issued a rabies alert in Hillsborough County after a case was confirmed in a stray cat. The ...

It can be dangerous, parents need to know the main symptoms and prevention of typhoid in children so that it does not get ...

the insects could infect a person with both viruses in a single bite. “Their saliva is clearly testing positive for both, which could mean that people bitten by this type of mosquito could be infected ...

Cat acne is exactly what it sounds like: swelling caused by clogged cat hair follicles, similar to clogged pores in humans ... mange, mites, skin tumors (which are very rare) and eosinophilic ...

One person was killed and up to 100 cats are feared dead following an early morning fire that tore through an animal rescue shelter on Long Island. Firefighters in Medford responded to a residence ...

Preston Turano, DVM, is a licensed veterinarian and an advisor at Felix Cat Insurance. He has owned his own vet practice, been a veterinary medical director and worked with dogs and cats since 2002.