I was cat-sitting recently, in exchange for a free place to stay, when the white-and-gray cat lunged at my hand and bit it - ouch! - one evening before bed. The bite left a small puncture wound below ...

A man in the UK has become a medical first, though not in a great way. In a recent paper, scientists say he’s the first known person to have caught a newly discovered bacteria from a stray cat’s bite.

A man bitten by a stray cat in the U.K. developed an infection from a bacterial species that wasn’t present in any DNA database, researchers reported in a case study published in the August edition of ...

The case highlights that there are unknown illnesses that can pass between cats and humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A man ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. As much as we may love them, cats are major reservoirs of zoonotic ...

Official data show that cat bite cases have increased sharply over the years, with numbers more than doubling in the last two ...

If you’ve ever owned a cat, chances are you’ve been a scratch or cat bite victim. It’s not always a violent affair. Cats love to bite gently when playing or to warn you of something. Sometimes, cats ...

A man who suffered a nasty infection as a result of a spider bite on his leg is being well looked after by his pet cat. In fact, he suspects his feline friend may have spotted the early signs of the ...

While on her daily walk, a woman from Texas got bitten in the hand by a street cat—what followed was 48 hours of pain. “A street cat bit my hand. Went to the ER, got a tetanus shot and antibiotics. It ...

Union City — Terra Simpson was visiting her sister in December in this southern Michigan city when she was bit by her sibling’s cat. Such incidents usually end with a bandage and a good scolding.