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 ...

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 ...