The warmth of summer also brings swarms of mosquitoes. The pesky bugs can cause discomfort and potentially carry serious ...

Barb Owen Boerger’s kimonos and sarongs are pretty, but they’re poison to the flies, mosquitoes and pesky bugs.

In today’s Health Alert, a warning for anyone planning to enjoy the outdoors this holiday weekend. Ticks are active, and the ...

If you want to protect yourself from mosquitoes and ticks—which seem to be everywhere this year—you might need to enlist a ...

It's officially summer, a time for barbecues, the beach—and protecting yourself against the teeny, tiny black-legged deer ...

Leona Maguire told Golfweek she is still dealing with tick bites she received during the U.S. Women's open in Wisconsin last month.

UVA Today talked to University of Virginia School of Nursing associate professor Kathryn Reid for her advice on how to avoid ...

Spraying clothing, camping tents and other gear with the insecticide permethrin has been shown to immobilize and kill ticks. Treating socks and shoes is particularly effective.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The risk of being bitten by a tick in New York City is currently extremely high, researchers at Fordham ...

Ticks remain active in the summer, and with kids playing outside and heading to camp, prevention and detection are crucial to ...

Q. You’ve written about treating chigger bites, but you should really think about prevention. We live in the country. When ...

Since 2016, the Virginia Department of Health has confirmed 17 cases in the commonwealth, according to the study published in ...