Minnesotans are well acquainted with the itchy, red bumps resulting from pesky mosquito bites after a summer evening outdoors. For those susceptible to skeeter syndrome and mosquito-borne viruses, ...

And in response, your body dispatches white blood cells to fight it. Next up, the mosquito. As we all know, they bite you to feed on your blood. They're like the "Twilight" vampires without the ...

Scratching a mosquito bite can offer a moment of bliss ... This induced a form of skin inflammation called allergic contact dermatitis, which is caused by contact with an allergen such as the oil in ...

Reactions to mosquito bites will always differ from person to person, and treatments will vary accordingly. “Some people don't have much itching,” Caudle says. “Other people can actually get ...

When a mosquito pierces your skin, it does more than cause a fleeting moment of discomfort—it sets off a chain reaction within your body.

How can you tell if a bite or sting is serious? According to Pramod Kelkar, MD, an allergist and immunologist in Maple Grove, Minn., reactions to insect bites fall into three categories ...

Up to 30 percent of mosquito bites with the potential to deliver malaria occur indoors during the day when typical control strategies aren’t used, research published yesterday (May 16) in PNAS finds.