Recent rainstorms have led to a mosquito population boom across the Phoenix area, but there are ways to protect yourself and ...

ST. LOUIS — If you always seem to be the one covered in itchy red mosquito bites while your friends remain untouched, you’re not imagining it. Research shows that about 20% of people consistently ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jonathan Day, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) It’s rare to attend an outdoor ...

Skeeter syndrome is a rare allergic reaction to mosquito bites, which can cause red, swollen lesions and a low-grade fever.

Mosquitoes are more attracted to people with high body heat, dark clothing, and higher carbon dioxide output – like those exercising or pregnant. Genetics may play a major role; a study suggests DNA ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - If anyone feels like a mosquito magnet when they're outdoors, it might be due to factors ranging from a person's body odor to their blood type. With new warnings about protecting ...

There’s not much that's good about mosquitoes. The itch-inducing little suckers kill about 725,000 people a year worldwide through the diseases they transmit: malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, ...

To learn more about what attracts mosquitoes, researchers turned to one of the world’s least hygienic and most chaotic ...

Mosquitoes don’t target everyone equally, some people are irresistible snacks, while others get ignored.The ordinary choices we make daily, from what we drink to what we wear, might be sending ...

Mosquitoes love to bite me. I’ve never met a bug spray I didn’t love (although special shout out to the Burt’s Bees all-natural bug repellent that smells like a dream) and never had a body part that ...