Mention DEET (chemical name, N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) in a crowded room, and you’re likely to hear a chorus of different opinions regarding its potential toxicity and health implications. Against a ...

While it is important to protect yourself, you also want to avoid mosquito repellents that may cause longer-lasting harm to your body. Here are several mosquito repellents you should avoid using.

Bug season is back. And let's face it, nobody wants to be a mosquito's dinner. Consumer Reports just released its latest insect repellent ratings, so before you head outside, here’s what you need to ...

With summer in full swing across West Michigan, odds are you've already battled what's sometimes called the state bird: mosquitoes. With Jamestown Canyon Virus detected in a mosquito earlier this ...

Each product is tested to see how effectively it protects against Aedes mosquitoes (the aggressive mosquitoes that tend to bite during the day and can spread Zika) and Culex mosquitoes (nighttime ...

SEATTLE — Check out any pharmacy, sporting goods store or browse around online you’re sure to find a dizzying array of insect repellents. They all claim to thwart pesky, and sometimes dangerous, bugs ...

It's always nice to come home from a holiday with a few souvenirs. Except when they come in the form of insect bite marks or worse, a mosquito-borne disease. Having experienced the former on almost ...

Efforts to keep yards and pools mosquito free could be putting the food supply at risk. Hot, damp weather means more mosquitoes spawning and experts say using chemicals to kill the pesky bugs can also ...

Mosquito control officials recently sprayed a pesticide to kill mosquitoes in Bradenton, where at least three people have caught the dengue virus. The move came after health officials reported new ...

Summer's here and after a wet spring in many parts of Australia, mosquitoes are out in force. Insect repellent has become a ...