Summertime brings sunshine, more hours outside and an increased risk of bug bites and stings. Insects like mosquitoes, ticks, bees and spiders are often harmless, but sometimes their bites and stings ...

Bug bites don’t cause staph infections on their own. However, when an insect or spider bites someone, it can create an avenue for bacteria to get into the body’s tissues. A friend’s son went to urgent ...

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Heat, redness, swelling, or pain can be signs of an infected bug bite.An untreated ...

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MDMedically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Cellulitis is a bacterial infection of the skin that can develop from a mosquito or other bug bite. Scratching an ...

Love the fresh foods of summer? So do bugs of all kinds — and for them, you are on the menu. Bug bites are annoying at best and can potentially make you sick, but most won’t require a trip to the ...

Growing up, whenever I had mosquito bites, they quickly became itchy, inflamed bumps on my skin. One summer, a bite on my foot got so bad I couldn’t wear anything but open-toed shoes for the greater ...

It can be distressing to wake up with a mysterious swollen red rash on your ankle. Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out. Even for ...

When summer arrives, so do the insects. The buzzing of mosquitoes, the stinging of wasps, and the occasional bite from a pesky bug can quickly turn a pleasant outdoor day into a nightmare. If you ...

Unless you’re Spider-Man, getting bit by an eight-legged critter is something most of us will do anything to avoid, and with good reason: At best, getting bitten by a spider is an icky, slightly ...