The latest 17-year brood of cicadas is invading, bringing millions if not billions of the noisy insects to Cincinnati and southwest Ohio. However, cicadas can attract a pest, the oak leaf itch mite.

More and more people are reporting unusual rashes and itchy bites from oak itch mites, which feed off cicada eggs. “We have seen a significant increase in our suburban locations compared to our ...

A plague of parasitic mites has descended upon Illinois in the wake of this year’s historic crop of cicadas, leaving residents with raging rashes and incessant itching. The mighty attack follows the ...

The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable future, but some people are feeling the painful, itchy remnants of a ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. — The buzzing of the Brood X cicadas may have quieted in northern Illinois but some are still dealing with lingering effects. The cicadas, which emerge every 17 years, may be tied ...

Feeling itchy? You may have the latest brood of cicadas to blame. The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable ...

Scabies is an itchy rash caused by the human itch mite. Adults, children and babies can all get scabies. Many people believe scabies is about cleanliness, but that is not true. It is easily passed ...

You are pretty lucky it's the one in a thousand Dr.Mole article that's about a pretty benign disease – you wouldn't want to be posting this under the one with the brain amoebas ;-) If it's anything ...

The cicadas swarming in and around Cincinnati can be a nuisance. So are the nearly invisible bugs that feed on cicada eggs and can trigger itchy rashes in humans. The oak leaf itch mite has been tied ...