When the flu strikes, it can feel relentless: rising fever, hacking cough, stuffy nose and sore throat. For many people, relief can come in the form of Tamiflu, a prescription antiviral medication ...

Zabar’s is keeping the crumbling MetroCard alive. Thousands of sugar-cookie-loving straphangers are swarming the iconic Upper West Side grocery store to get their hands on an edible version of the ...

A rare tick-borne allergy linked to red meat has now been confirmed as deadly for the first time. A healthy New Jersey man collapsed and died hours after eating beef, with later testing revealing a ...

When I was a kid, my parents used to send me off to sleep with an adorable little rhyme: Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite. Perhaps you’ve heard that rhyme yourself; I believe it’s ...

A Maryland man has been working to raise awareness of a tick-borne disease that for the longest time had left him and doctors stumped, according to CoastTV. Douglas Kifolo was suffering sudden and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ticks are spreading farther across the United States, and tick-borne illnesses are rising. The Alliance for Camp ...

Don Haworth, who lives in Prince Albert, a town in central Saskatchewan, was diagnosed with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. This illness is more commonly reported in the Southeastern and south-central ...

I remember the first time I heard about alpha-gal syndrome. It was more than 12 years ago, and I was out to dinner with friends, when one of them said, “Too bad I can’t order any of the steaks.” He ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Imagine suddenly becoming allergic to a hamburger—or a steak or bacon or even certain cosmetics and medications. It’s ...