If you're spending time outside, you should use bug spray to ward off disease-carrying mosquitoes and ticks. Some repellents work better than others — products with DEET and PMD tend to be best for ...

Bug bites aren't just annoying and potentially itchy and painful, they are sometimes pretty dangerous. Tick bites can lead to scary diseases (Lyme disease, black fever, recurrent typhoid, tick-borne ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Your clothes may repel others. When it is people at a party or on a date, that can be bad. When it is ticks (at a party, on a date, or anywhere else), that can be very good. Because ticks suck in many ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Bug season is back. And let's face it - nobody wants to be a mosquito's dinner. Consumer Reports just released its latest insect repellent ratings, so before you head outside, ...

YOU TO CHOOSE FROM THIS SUMMER. TO FIND THE BEST BUG SPRAYS, CONSUMER REPORTS PUTS REPELLENTS TO THE ULTIMATE TEST. HAVING REAL PEOPLE STICK THEIR ARMS INTO CAGES FULL OF HUNGRY MOSQUITOES. TESTING ...

It’s a summertime dilemma — you want to douse yourself in bug repellant to keep off the pesky — and sometimes disease-causing — critters, but you also worry about whether all those sprays are ...

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Some repellents work better than others — products with DEET and PMD tend to be best for mosquitoes, according to some research. For ticks, even though DEET and other repellents help, you may want to ...