Millions of Americans have been bugging out this summer over bugs — from spotted lanternflies across the Northeast and aphids in New York City to mosquitoes in Los Angeles. The annual peak in the ...

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Tick season is a bit less frightening when you’re prepared with a tick removal tool Spring may be the season for warming weather and blooming flowers, but that’s not all that emerges this time of year ...

Insect and tick-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever and Lyme disease, are serious health threats which cause human misery, hardship and more than one million deaths worldwide ...

Despite strong efforts by public health officials to warn our citizens about the risks, tick-borne disease cases are rising ...

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 ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Insect repellent is a great way to battle against buzzing mosquitoes in your face, itchy bites, and creepy ticks. But not all bug sprays are effective, which is why Consumer Reports ...

It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel: A disease that could make you allergic to meat? It’s real and being spread by an aggressive species of ticks. Consumer Reports has more on the ...

A pair of ticks discovered by interns turned out to be the first of their kind in their respective locations, showing that these dangerous insects are spreading their reach. This summer, two interns ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases. Various brands of repellent are seen in a pharmacy in Sao Paulo, Brazil ...

Escher Cattle learned early on about his passion for insects and comics. Now he brings both to his new role as Barnstable ...