Though they don’t get as much publicity as ticks, fleas also can be responsible for human diseases. According to the Center ...

Fleas live and reproduce in pet fur. While they can feed on animal and human blood — meaning they can bite you if your pet brings them inside — they can’t live very long on humans since they ...

Fleas tend to be carried into homes by pets, and from here they can move on to humans, where their bites leave behind small itchy red bumps, often in clusters on arms and ankles. If you suspect ...

But a team from the universities of Oslo and Ferrara now says the first, the Black Death, can be "largely ascribed to human fleas and body lice". The study, in the Proceedings of the National ...