The morbidity associated with a leech bite is mainly due to 2 factors -- mechanical obstruction of a vital organ and/or severe bleeding, as in our cases. Vaginal bleeding due to a leech bite is rare.

Leech expert Roy Sawyer, who grew up in the swamps of South Carolina, wrote after coming here in 1975, "I had never experienced such intense attacks from mosquitoes and biting flies." Mark already ...

The Loose Women star, who was dubbed the mum of the jungle during her short stint, showed her daughters the extent of a leech bite in camp. While she had told campmates about the incident at the ...

A man has been fined C$15,000 ($11,000; £8,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of leeches in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Canada. Ippolit Bodounov was detained at Toronto's ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ken Leech, the star bond trader charged with cherry-picking winning trades for some clients, pleaded not guilty to fraud at a hearing Monday. Leech, 70, the former co-chief ...

Fans of the show were also horrified by the aftermath of the leech attack. Writing on X, formerly Twitter, one said: "Things I didn’t need to see: the inside of Jane’s bra!" Another added ...

Ken Leech, the former co-chief investment officer at Western Asset Management Co., was granted $10 million bail on federal charges that he improperly allocated trades to favored clients.