When a mosquito pierces your skin, it does more than cause a fleeting moment of discomfort—it sets off a chain reaction within your body.

Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out. Even for experts, it can be challenging to decipher insect bites. Using your skin's ...

This means that anyone who experiences a mosquito bite during the day should contact vector control, because it could be Aedes aegypti. To prevent bites, apply insect repellents containing U.S ...

There are plenty of over-the-counter treatments that can get rid of mosquito bites. For example, hydrocortisone cream or calamine lotion can stop the itch and help your bite heal quickly.

Up to 30 percent of mosquito bites with the potential to deliver malaria occur indoors during the day when typical control strategies aren’t used, research published yesterday (May 16) in PNAS finds.

While there may be fewer mosquitoes, those that survive bite more often. "We're finding that mosquitoes bite people more than we imagined, unfortunately," Holmes said. And mosquitoes appear to be ...

The warning came as officials launched the start of annual mosquito surveillance, encouraging residents to “fight the bite” by supporting mosquito-prevention efforts during a media briefing at ...

The irritation from insect bites can leave people searching for quick relief, especially when faced with a seemingly endless array of products in drugstore aisles. While many over-the-counter ...

Minnesotans are well acquainted with the itchy, red bumps resulting from pesky mosquito bites after a summer evening outdoors. For those susceptible to skeeter syndrome and mosquito-borne viruses ...