Mosquitoes

Herbal therapy educator Erica Kuo explained to the Epoch Times “Health 1+1” program that aromatic herbs can help prevent insect bites, sharing how to make homemade mosquito repellent and first-aid essential oils.

Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released for the first time in the United States, as part of an experiment to combat insect-borne diseases such as Dengue fever, yellow fever and the Zika virus.

Efforts to protect our skin from mosquitoes on a summer nigh may work for a while, but not forever.

Florida is considering releasing a genetically modified mosquito to control the population of a variety that has been linked to two deadly diseases.

Scientists say they’ve uncovered one reason zebras have stripes: they act like insect repellent, keeping away blood-sucking flies.

Dengue fever is the fastest spreading tropical disease in the world and has “an epidemic potential” after seeing a thirtyfold increase over the past 50 years.