You're working in your garden, pulling weeds and making sure everything looks pretty. A few hours later, while admiring your garden, you start to feel an itch on your arm and notice some red bumps. At ...

Enjoying the outdoors carries the danger of running into nature’s less-friendly side: toxic plants and animals. As toxicologists at the University of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, we see many ...

Just thinking about poison ivy can make you itch. Blistering rashes on your arms and ankles, oozing bumps between your fingers and eyelid-swelling exposures are all-too-familiar summer hazards. Poison ...