Hoping to avoid the bloodthirsty swarms of mosquitoes on your next outdoor travel adventure? Clothing treated with this ...

A shirt we sprayed with a deet-based repellent ... over two years among the 40 workers who used permethrin-treated clothing, compared with 166 tick bites among the 42 workers who didn’t use ...

Bites from blacklegged ticks (also called deer ticks) led to a record number of tick-borne disease cases in Minnesota during 2007, say state health officials. Blacklegged ticks carry Lyme disease, ...

“Tick repellent is the best defense for anyone ... can be used but might need to be applied more frequently. * Permethrin: These repellents are only applied to clothing, and are highly effective ...