Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This insecticide can help prevent some mosquito and tick bites. But you must use it properly. By Catherine Roberts With tick ...

We still have some hot weather ahead of us, so you still need to protect yourself from mosquitoes. Bug repellent is always a good idea but you may want to add permethrin to your arsenal. The chemical ...

Standard procedures for the US military have been to require permethrin-treated uniforms for wear in endemic areas where personnel are deployed. In addition, in a policy change announced in October ...

Who hasn’t had that creepy feeling of a bug crawling up their leg, along their neck, inside their shirt or buried in their hair? And after a quick, probably contorted, investigation that creepy ...

Ticks are gross. Anyone who's ever had to peel one off themself, a loved one, or, say, frantically try to extract one from a dog while watching a YouTube video about how to extract a tick from a dog ...

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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 ...

As a result of occupational tick exposure, forestry and other outdoor workers are at higher risk than the general population of contracting tick-borne diseases such as lyme borreliosis or tick-borne ...

Cat lovers were very concerned about our story on permethrin. How risky is the pesticide for Kitty? By minimizing their pet's exposure, cat owners... If there's one thing we're grateful for on Shots, ...