The Asian Flush, also known as the Asian Glow, or Alcohol Flush Reaction, can be pretty debilitating. The condition is usually associated with red faces, and flushing of the neck area. But for some of Asian descent, it also results in symptoms such as heightened heart rate, headache, and nausea -- from consuming as little as one alcoholic drink.

With a reported mortality rate of 30 percent, awareness of susceptibility to Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection is important for immune-suppressed groups. But otherwise it's OK for your dog to lick you.

The news is good; since children rarely discriminate against sticking their fingers in the mouth, even if you try to deter them by coating their nails with Paprika (Sorry, mom!).

Bottled water and other drinks typically come in plastic bottles made from PET. If not recycled, PET bottles stick around forever. But, some really clever microbiologists found a bug that evolved solely to eat the bottles. Will this be useful?

Pokémon Go encourages players to find and 'catch' Pokémons by taking a walk in the real world and getting some exercise to boot.

New York City has launched a three-year Zika awareness campaign called "Fight Back NYC" for which Mayor de Blasio has slotted $21 million. The posters have a singular focus on mosquitoes and have left out another image that should also be synonymous with Zika - that of a condom. With more and more sexually transmitted cases, why are we still talking only about mosquitoes? Our Zika public awareness campaigns should look more like they did for HIV/AIDS in the 90s.

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A strange recipe for bug repellant is all over the Internet. Is there any science behind it?

A colder temperature slows down a viral-infected cell's ability to commit suicide.

A small pilot study detailed 10 cases of people with a particular gene. Patients who discontinued their personalized MEND protocol showed cognitive decline again, while those patients who remained had sustained improvement for up to four years later.