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With warm weather all across the country, the Centers for Disease Control is once again warning about the dangers of the West Nile virus, which is spread through mosquito bites. The Early Show's ...

Green bottle of OFF! brand insect repellent on an outdoor table - Miro Vrlik Photography/Shutterstock When those pesky insects start buzzing and biting this summer ...

Researchers have definitively shown that the widely used bug repellent DEET acts like a chemical cloak, masking human odors that blood-feeding insects find attractive. The research now makes it ...

Summer means mosquito season in much of the United States and it’s not just humans that need to worry about the pesky insects. Mosquitoes can be dangerous to dogs because they “carry heartworm, a ...

As summer approaches and you start planning camping trips, hikes, and outdoor adventures, bug spray becomes essential gear. But with social media influencers questioning traditional insect repellents ...

DEET, one of the most widely used ingredients in insect repellent, has been found to actually lose its effectiveness against mosquitos, BBC News reported. At first, mosquitos are repelled by their ...

California scientists are reporting a pair of victories in the epic struggle between man and mosquito. A team at the University of California, Riverside, appears to have finally figured out how bugs ...