Flies, mosquitos, and ticks can dampen any outdoor excursion, especially on a hot summer day. A short hike can quickly become a swat fest when the bugs are out, and there’s nothing worse than having ...

A few minutes in the microwave made a common insecticide about 10 times more lethal to mosquitoes in lab experiments. The toxin deltamethrin is used around the world in home sprays and bed nets to ...

The world’s deadliest animal isn’t a shark, venomous snake, or human (although we rank a close second)—it’s the mosquito. As a carrier for viral diseases like Zika, dengue, West Nile, and more, ...

When the bugs are biting, you want to be protected. To test how well insect repellents work, Consumer Reports enlists brave panelists to stick their arms into cages filled with swarming mosquitoes.

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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 ...

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

When picking out the right bug repellent to protect you against mosquitos this coming year, make sure to choose wisely. That is because some bug sprays have been linked to elevated cancer risks.

IRD researchers and their partners devised a new control strategy against Anopheles gambiae, Africa's principal malaria vector. This involves a combination of a non-pyrethroid insecticide (propoxur) ...

City public health officials will spray insecticide on the West and Northwest sides Wednesday night to kill adult mosquitoes in an effort to combat the West Nile virus. Weather permitting, the ...

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