You’re stepping onto the patio with a cup of coffee when – freeze – there’s a snake in the grass. Your heart spikes. Your ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield, the largest health provider in North Carolina, covers copperhead snake bite care and antivenom, the health insurance company said through communications advisor Laura Eberhard.

Copperhead snakes take the prize for being one of the most encountered venomous snakes in the United States. Those who live in the eastern portion of the U.S. know the species well, likely coming ...

A North Carolina family said their 4-year-old was bitten by a venomous snake on the playground of a day care, but staff failed to call emergency services and reached out to a guardian instead. The boy ...

Survivor always has to deal with snakes in the grass. But in season 49, the snake in question wasn’t a shady contestant, but rather a very literal snake—a venomous sea krait—that bit contestant Jake ...