A WOMAN was left fighting for her life and had to have her fingers and toes amputated after a bug bite led to her organs shutting down. Cathrine Abbott-Coetzee woke up one morning in December 2013 ...

It's only the females of mosquito species like Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae that actually bite humans. And if they do bite, they risk transmitting deadly diseases like malaria, dengue fever ...

Some people react more to mosquito bites than others do. This is very common in young children. In these children, the redness can be large (2-4 inches or 5-10 cm). This redness starts right after the ...

Find out how Bite Away works, and why I’d recommend it if you’re looking for instant relief from mosquito bites and insect stings. This review has been sponsored, but this is a product I've been using ...

Proper clothing choice matters – mosquitoes can bite through tight-fitting clothes but have difficulty penetrating loose-fitting garments. Insect repellents containing DEET remain the gold ...

This could transform how we combat this challenging disease Scientists from the Oxford Vaccine Group want to understand more about this relapsing infection in the months after a person is initially ...

There’s nothing quite like making a little ‘X’ on a painfully sensitive mosquito bite to provide an inkling of relief. The very best way to relieve the pain of an insect bite, however ...

Two days ago it was confirmed that he has Japanese encephalitis, a deadly virus transmitted via a mosquito bite,” Bond’s brother John wrote in a GoFundMe plea for the family. “Doctors have ...

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 ...