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 ...

After being bitten by a stray cat, a man in the U.K. developed an infection from a species of bacteria unknown to science. In 2020, the man, 48, went to the hospital with swollen hands only eight ...

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.