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National Nutrition Week – ‘Eat Right, Bite by Bite’

Highlights : National Nutrition Week is observed every year between 1st September and 7th September The objective for the National Nutrition Week is to educate people on the importance of nutrients and diet for the body The theme for the ...

What Prompts Parents to Seek Medical Care for Bug Bites in Kids?

Parents are more likely to be concerned about ticks as they are about mosquitoes transmitting disease, when it comes to bug bites, reports a national poll. But as children spend more time outside, families may not always know the best way to ...

Mosquito Bites Might Be Prevented Using Graphene-Lined Clothing

Mosquito bites now could be prevented using clothes made up of the nanomaterial graphene, which is also a material actively used is a lot of products from solar cells to tennis rackets. In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Simple Ways to Fight Sand Flea Disease in Children

Sand fleas are parasites that burrow into a person's skin, causing extreme pain, itching, and severe infection. Hence, following a few preventive measures can help reduce the severity of sand flea disease (tungiasis) in many children. Tungiasis ...

Red Meat Allergy from Tick Bites Could be Higher Than Previously Thought

Tick bites could pose a risk for developing a red meat allergy than initially suspected, reports a new study. Until now it has been believed that in order for a tick to trigger an allergic immune response to alpha-gal in humans, the tick would ...

WHO: Global Impact of Snake Bites Need to be Halved by 2030

A new strategy has been devised by World Health Organization (WHO) to bring down the rate of snake bites cases down by 50 percent by 2030. University of Melbourne snakebite expert David Williams, who heads the Australian Venom Research Unit, ...

Sand Flea Disease May Develop into a Life-threatening Condition: Here's How

Sand fleas are parasites that burrow into a person's skin, causing extreme pain, infection, and itching. A new study throws light on what happens when sand fleas burrow into your skin . The findings of the study are published in the journal PLOS ...

Ointment to Counter the Effects of Brown Recluse Spider Bites is Tested on Humans: Study

The new ointment developed will have its immunomodulatory action tested on humans in Phase III clinical trials, and it may be included in the treatment protocol for patients who develop lesions caused by the spider bite. The trial has started in ...

Newborn Dies after Rat Bites in Bihar ICU

Newborn baby dies due to the hospital's negligence. A nine-day-old baby died after being bitten by rats in the ICU of a government-run hospital in Bihar's Darbhanga district, says the family. However, the hospital authorities refuted it, and ...

Chigger Bites May Trigger Red Meat Allergy

Chigger bites may cause an allergic reaction to red meat, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice . Chiggers, redbugs, harvest mites - whatever you call them, ...

Virtual Pooch Can Help Prevent Dog Bites

A virtual dog that can soon be used as an educational tool to help prevent dog bites has been developed. Using the virtual reality (VR) experience, adults and children can recognise specific behaviours displayed by dogs. The experience ...

Cases of Anaphylaxis from Tick Bite Meat Allergy on the Rise

A complex sugar called alpha-gal, found in red meat from beef, pork, and venison, has been identified as the most common cause of anaphylaxis, according to a new study at the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. This finding ...

Mosquitoes Bite To Quench Their Thirst

Hot and dry climates can leave mosquitoes dehydrated, which prompt the incests to bite, increasing mosquito-borne illnesses. Biologists with the University of Cincinnati discovered that female mosquitoes bite not only to get the protein they ...

Why Are Mosquitoes More Attracted to Bite Children With Malaria?

Children infected with malaria attract mosquitoes to further bite them and trasmit the disease. This is because children infected with malaria emit specific odors from their skin that invite more mosquito bites. This new research could yield new ...

Outbreak of Skin Disease in Iraq Caused by the Bite of Sandflies

A new outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis is confirmed in Iraq by recent research. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), which is spread to humans by sandfly bites, can cause skin ulcers and eventually remain as disfiguring scars. The disease is found ...