Evans notes that, when used properly, bug spray (aka insect repellent) is safe and an important part of keeping kids healthy ...

DEET is safe for children, but the CDC recommends against allowing children younger than 10 to apply the repellant themselves. Children under two months of age should not be treated with DEET-based ...

The exam shows erythematous papules and vesicles on the upper and lower extremities, along with scattered crusted lesions and ...

Deet (known to chemists as N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide) is a yellowish liquid that, when applied to skin or clothing, repels a number of biting insects, including mosquitoes, ticks, flies, and fleas.

Until now. A group of scientists reports that DEET seems to keep mosquitoes from smelling humans by preventing compounds on our skin from vaporizing and finding their way to the mosquitoes ...