Siphonaptera (fleas) are a group of wingless insects that feed on blood. Fleas typically attack dogs and cats, but humans can also get bites. Flea bites may occur on your ankles, legs, waist ...

Researchers thought the bacterium would infect fleas on rats, and when the rats died, the fleas would jump to humans, infecting them. Rats are also thought to be responsible for spreading more recent ...

No pier or fairground was complete without a tent into which spectators would be ushered to watch human fleas perform their feats, accompanied by the rapid patter of a ‘professor’, as all flea ...

Fleas do not typically live on humans; they prefer animal hosts. However, according to Bentley, they will resort to biting ...

A recent study found dogs and cats are highly exposed to PFAS and often exposed to concentrations well above the minimum risk level identified for humans. The troubling findings regarding PFAS in flea ...