Q: My new kitten Nala has ear mites, for which my veterinarian prescribed treatment. I know from reading your column that some animal parasites also infect people. Can Nala's ear mites jump to me?

I've read that if a pet has ear mites, these mites can travel to bedding and furniture and potentially attach themselves to a human host. I also understand that you don't need your own pet to be at ...

A man whose ear had itched for two months turned out to have mites crawling in his ear canal, a new case report says. The 70-year-old man in Taiwan also reported feeling a sense of fullness in the ...

The New England Journal of Medicine recently posted this creepy video of ear mites crawling around in some poor 70-year-old man’s ear. The Taiwanese resident complained of “a sense of fullness in the ...

“My cat has ear mites!” is heard frequently at my clinic. Ear mites are microscopic, spider-like parasites that live in the ear canals of pets. These mites can also infect dogs, but they are not ...

Q: "My cat's date of birth was 7/1/23. Somehow, I ended up purchasing a very ill kitten from a private owner. I called him Pumpkin, and when I picked him up, it was at night in the pouring rain, so I ...

A man whose ear had itched for two months turned out to have mites crawling in his ear canal, a new case report says. The 70-year-old man in Taiwan also reported feeling a sense of fullness in the ...