The spring and summer are prime time for ticks and mosquitoes, but there’s work to be done to prevent insects year-round. ...

The Environmental Working Group just released its 2025 Dirty Dozen list — and the results are eye-opening. This year’s top ...

The New Bedford Health Department is launching a mosquito monitoring program this summer. According to a community ...

As a synthetic pyrethroid, permethrin continues to be one of the most preferred insecticides due to its high efficacy, low ...

Mosquitoes carry a number of diseases and viruses, with some being fatal. Here's what to know about illnesses and how to ...

New CDC data shows tick-borne diseases have quadrupled in 20 years. Learn essential prevention tips and early warning signs ...

A compound found in donkey skin could be the key to keeping ticks—and the diseases they carry—at bay, according to new ...

May marks Lyme Disease Awareness Month, drawing attention to the potential severity of this tick-borne illness. Breanne Postelmeyer's encounter with Lyme disease began with right-sided numbness at age ...

Houston faces heightened risks from mosquito-borne diseases as temperatures rise, with experts warning that environmental changes could exacerbate these threats. Dr. Sarah Gunter from Baylor College ...

Learn about an unlikely strategy for repelling ticks that involves a compound secreted by the skin of donkeys, which may help ...

The state's Tick Research Lab, based at East Stroudsburg University, has recorded more than twice as many ticks this May compared to the same time last year.

A blistering 103-degree fever on a cool Friday night in October 2020 hit Kathy Rueckert out of the blue. Then 65 years old, ...