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Moisturize your skin, as airplanes and different climates can make your skin drier. Apply moisturizer when your skin is still damp after bathing, and whenever it feels dry. If you have dry skin, apply ...

As rates of tick-borne illness continue to rise, a group of researchers and health care workers developed a guide for pediatricians to recognize and treat tick bites. The geographic range of ticks is ...

Two passengers who vacationed on a Carnival Cruise Line voyage are suing the company, claiming that they woke up covered in more than 30 bed bug bites during their trip last February. Catherine ...

The complaint claims the two passengers "discovered live bed bugs in multiple stages of life, fecal spotting and eggs" inside their cabin Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group/ Getty Two Carnival ...

NEW ORLEANS — It's one of the leading causes of heart disease in Latin America, and it's caused by a parasite that gets inside of you from a bug bite. Now the CDC wants people in Louisiana and other ...

AUGUSTA-- The Department of Health and Human Services' Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) reminds all Maine people and visitors to protect themselves from tick bites this fall ...