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.

Even for experts, it can be challenging to decipher insect bites. Using your skin's reaction to figure out precisely which insect bit you is challenging, Matt Frye, Ph.D., a community extension ...

Scratching where it itches reduces the presence of potentially harmful bacteria on the skin, studies in mice show.

Prevention focuses on mosquito control and avoiding mosquito bites, especially as the virus makes the skin more attractive to mosquitoes, facilitating quicker bites and transmission. The article ...

Except when those come in the form of insect bite marks or, even worse ... repellents and works by forming a vapour barrier on the skin's surface to deter mosquitoes from landing on the skin.