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Outdoor enthusiasts: Here's a bit of good tick-fighting news just in time for Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer. A new U.S. government study confirms that insecticide-treated ...

If you spend any time outside, it’s hard to completely avoid mosquitoes and ticks. Taking precautions like wearing an effective insect repellent can make a big difference. But, particularly when it ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. If you’re grossed out ...

With the weather getting warmer, humans aren’t the only ones going out more. Bug season, which peaks late spring to early summer, is about to usher in massive hatches of mosquitoes, ticks and other ...

Permethrin-treated clothing, first developed by the military a few decades ago, has been available to consumers since 2003, and there are a few ways to use it. • You can buy pretreated clothing from ...