An influencer who had a run-in with a box jellyfish while on vacation in the tropics is lucky to have escaped with her life ...

At the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Douglas S. Paauw, MD, MACP, a professor of medicine at the University of Washington, ...

Irish travel content creator Julie recently went viral for a video of her getting stung by the world’s most dangerous jellyfish. On the first day of a three-day boat trip to the Phillippines, Julie ...

Box jellyfish are one of the most venomous animals in the world, and can actually go on to kill a person within minutes as ...

This sting is a defense mechanism only ... One look at a sea wasp will tell you that it is bad news. Though jellyfish are not rigid or sharp by any stretch of the imagination, the sea wasp ...

That’s how bad the pain was.” The content creator went on to share ... According to the Mayo Clinic, a person with a severe ...

As Texans head to Galveston and other Texas beaches, Here’s a few safety tips you should know including treating jellyfish stings, surviving rip currents, and other spring break beach tips.

He is believed to be the first person to die from a sting from an Irukandji, a peanut-sized jellyfish whose venom heightens the heart rate and blood pressure. There is no known anti-venom.

meaning that if you sliced a jellyfish down the middle, the parts would be symmetrical, like the segments of an orange. These cnidarians are famous for their stinging abilities. The intensity of the ...

“Within the first hour, I hit two lion’s mane jellyfish and over the next four hours, I experienced several ‘nettle stings’ from others. Because the water clarity was so bad, I didn’t ...

Last summer, nearly 7,500 swimmers sought medical treatment for jellyfish stings across some of Spain’s most popular beaches on the Catalan coast, a 41 per cent increase from the previous year.

That’s how bad the pain was ... According to the Mayo Clinic, a person with a severe reaction to a jellyfish sting may need cardiopulmonary resuscitation, life support, or antivenom medication ...