The Onondaga County Health Department says labs have confirmed the presence of two rare mosquito-borne diseases in Onondaga ...

Cass County Vector Control has multiple mosquito spraying operations planned this week. They scheduled truck mounted spraying ...

The CDC recommends preventive measures such as treating your clothes and gear with products containing 0.5% permethrin. They ...

The latest accessory du jour for backyard entertaining is a bug repellent outdoor blanket—one that actually has insect ...

It has been an unpleasantly hot summer in much of the country, with many states already seeing heat waves ― and the ...

Scabies mites need a human host to survive, but they can live up to 72 hours on a mattress without a human host present. So ...

The state health department announced on Tuesday that they had found West Nile Virus in mosquitos in Massachusetts.

Arlington is initiating targeted mosquito spraying due to increased West Nile Virus detections, following CDC guidelines and ...

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader wondering if melatonin could improve the effectiveness of an acid reflux drug.

If you are traveling internationally, there are some diseases to note. Tick-borne encephalitis — a devastating illness ...

Used to early to mid-summer was considered tick season, but since here of late I have pulled them off me all 12 months, I no ...