Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) is a weedy plant that can typically be found in or near bike paths, ditches, farms, fields, rivers, and railroads. It’s part of the Apiaceae family, which includes ...

Shingles and poison ivy can both cause itchy, blistering rashes. Shingles often also causes burning, nerve pain, fever, chills, headaches, fatigue, or weakness. Shingles is a varicella-zoster virus ...

Well over half of the human population is sensitive to poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac. Rashes usually peak in early summer, and tens of thousands of people in the United States go to the ...

GAITHERBURG, Md. — A homeowner’s effort to clear unwanted visitors from his property backfired, causing poison concerns in the Kentlands neighborhood of Gaithersburg. “There was a resident of the ...

Poison ivy belongs to the same plant family, Anacardiaceae, as mangos and cashews. All three of these plants produce urushiol, the compound that causes the itchy rash. People who chew the mango flesh ...

Both shingles and poison ivy cause a painful, blistering rash. Poison ivy is an allergic reaction, while shingles is a viral infection. Shingles also causes additional symptoms that can differentiate ...