Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD You can use anti-itch creams and antihistamines to help treat bug bites and stings at home. Identifying the type of bite or sting is important for choosing the ...

Jill Zinsmeyer came to Austin for love, but Austin didn't love her. Living in Napa Valley, Calif., before the move, Zinsmeyer hadn't come into contact with such things as fire ants and the small ...

What's worse than an ant bite? A fire ant bite. Fire ants, as their name might suggest, are reddish insects with stingers and venom pouches that they may use to attack areas of exposed skin, according ...

Fire ants are a nasty nuisance in the Southeast, with painful and irritating bites and stings that can lead to serious health issues in rare cases. The red imported fire ant is an invasive species in ...

QUESTION: Shortly after I read about using toothpaste for fire-ant bites, I was bitten by a fire ant. I started spreading toothpaste twice a day over my swollen ankle. It has been three days, and the ...

The recent rain has been a welcome sight following a drought-stricken summer. However, with the rain comes trouble of its own. Of course, flooding was the major headline two weeks ago, but now we're ...