There are few things as annoying as a mosquito bite. We’ve tried every old wives’ tale in the book, from eating huge quantities of asparagus to upping our intake of vitamin B. “You may have ...

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Greg reminds us that mosquitoes are "the world's deadliest animal" and that mosquito-borne diseases kill more than 700,000 people globally each year. So the importance of using an effective ...