Experts have sent an urgent message to the British public about the presence of a virus that could hit the country soon.

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The allergy, known as alpha-gal syndrome, affects hundreds of thousands of Americans and is particularly prevalent in the southeastern United States.

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The bite from a brown recluse can be serious, but that doesn't mean it's always life-threatening. This is what to do if you're bitten.

Why are tick-borne illnesses on the rise across the U.S. and beyond, and what can we do to control tick outbreaks?

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

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