In eSwatini, remarkable progress has been made against snakebite, one of the world’s most deadly neglected diseases. Yet this ...

It has been a "flat out" summer for snake catchers dealing with the slithering reptiles around Adelaide and nearby towns, while a vet reports treating more bites than usual.

Naomi Lewis was mountain biking along a rainforest path when she fell into the Gympie-Gympie plant and was covered in its ...

“The worst-case scenario is cardiac arrest... knowing snake bite first aid is critical and can save a life,” Dr Weerakoon said. He warned potential symptoms victims might get are ...

ELOY, Ariz. ( KPHO /Gray News) — A man in Arizona nearly lost his left hand after he was bitten by a rattlesnake. Tommy Niebrzydowski was the first rattlesnake bite case of 2025 at Banner Health in ...

Rocky Vista medical students learned about animal bites and stings at ZooMontana. Their professor believes the first step to ...

In sub-Saharan Africa patients face a “wild west” where treatments for snake bites cost the earth or don’t work A Bureau of Investigative Journalism (London) dispatch by Paul Eccles, Andjela ...

By the time Kamidikolo made it to hospital, snake venom had already started breaking down his skin and muscle. The flesh around the bite was necrotising – dying. The process gives off a smell like ...

Serpent-handling first emerged in the early 1900s and its popularity is credited to George Hensley, a Pentecostal minister from Tennessee. Experts claim that between 80 and 100 handlers have been ...

A total of seven people were taken to hospital with snake bites across the state over the weekend, according to the ABC, while Queensland Ambulance received 24 reports of snake bites in the week ...

Seven people were taken to hospital with snake bites in Queensland over the weekend, with paramedics being called out to treat 15 people for snake bites over the last week. A man in his 30s was ...