Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in North Carolina. Researchers from N.C. State University and UNC-Greensboro ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Wildlife researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro found a novel pathogen for the first time in North Carolina that is carried by chiggers. Bacteria ...

North Carolina researchers say they have detected an infection in larval trombiculid mites — sometimes called ‘chiggers’ — caused by bacteria that has not previously been in the U.S., according to a ...

In December last year, they were a happy family, and Adhiambo was bubbly, was preparing to deliver her third child. The baby, a boy, was born one month ago, but there is no happiness in the Onyango ...

More stories about creepy-crawly (or buzzing) pests and what to do about them. Chiggers carrying bacteria that can cause a deadly kind of typhus never before found in the U.S. have been located in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Wildlife ...