Dust mites and bed bugs are very different pests, but no one wants either inside their mattress. These prolific pests can be very hard to eradicate if they get a grip on your bedding, which is why ...

Want to have a healthy clean sleep night after night? Vacuuming your mattress regularly is the one way you can get rid of bed bugs, dust mites and bad odor to ensure an uninterrupted sleep. Even if ...

Scabies and bed bugs are parasitic insects that cause itching and other skin symptoms. While bed bugs only sit on top of the skin and bite it to feed, scabies mites burrow into the skin to live, feed, ...

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, ...

BILL BAPTIST PHOTOS/FOR THE CHRONICLE Yee says most patients he sees at Hermann Eye Center who have eyelid inflammation host larger-than-normal mite populations. Bill Baptist/For The Chronicle Mary ...

Q:I am a homeowner in San Francisco with a 100-plus-year-old Victorian. I've had some major renovations done on the house and am almost finished but have a wood beetle problem that needs to be taken ...

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UC DAVIS (CBS13) — Researchers are going after spider mites using two types of drones. The mites are a major problem for California strawberry growers, and a UC Davis team received a three-year, ...

Thomas Herzinger, MD, remembers his one and only encounter with a case of body lice infestation all too well. A "visibly drunk" young man entered the examination room and began to disrobe. Herzinger — ...