Sure, bug spray is great, but between the various active ingredients and concentrations, it’s hard to know what truly works, let alone find a spray that doesn’t smell like a chemistry lab or make you ...

The long and short of it is that even infants need bug spray when their skin is exposed to areas with insects. "From a health ...

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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Our tests assess how quickly volunteers got bitten when using each product, and how much variation there was in time to first bite between participants. Tropical vs non-tropical repellents More ...

Ticks can often pose a challenge for individuals who spend a significant amount of time outside, particularly in warmer climates. These small nuisances can lead to a variety of health issues such ...

There are vaccines against some mosquito-borne diseases (e.g., yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis) and you can take medication to help prevent malaria. But you should also take precautions to avoid ...

Current skin-applied insect repellents, such as DEET, are effective but costly, need frequent reapplication, and suffer from poor user experience, especially in low-income tropical regions.

With persistence and pluck, Leslie Vosshall managed to snatch insect odorant receptors from the jaws of experimental defeat. On March 7, researchers will rally in Washington, D.C. and other US cities ...

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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 ...