Who doesn't love to spend the summertime outdoors with friends and family? After all, it's the season of hiking and biking, barbeques and pool parties, river rides, baseball games, lawn concerts and ...

One Step Ahead now offers insect repellent apparel, including long-sleeve hoodies, under the product name Bug Smarties. The garments use the insect repellent Permethrin to protect children against ...

Cases of Zika virus have now been reported in almost every state in the country. But there's a way to ward off those disease spreading mosquitoes without insect repellent. Ilana Shor wears a secret ...

A new CDC-led study published today in the Journal of Medical Entomology suggests it might be a great time to invest in a new fashion trend: bug spray-laced clothing. The study found that clothing ...

Your clothes may repel others. When it is people at a party or on a date, that can be bad. When it is ticks (at a party, on a date, or anywhere else), that can be very good. Because ticks suck in many ...

In the Hudson Valley, people talk about ticks like city folk talk about subway delays: They’re annoying, but inevitable. Relatively new to the upstate lifestyle, I knew it was the season of bugs when ...

Flies, mosquitos, and ticks can dampen any outdoor excursion, especially on a hot summer day. A short hike can quickly become a swat fest when the bugs are out, and there’s nothing worse than having ...

Summer is all about enjoying the sun and entertaining outdoors, which also means pesky mosquitoes and other bugs will be on the attack. Kristin Appenbrink, Associate Editor for RealSimple.com tells us ...

You already know you need to slather on the sunscreen when you’re outdoors this summer. But here’s another tool in your arsenal: UV-blocking sun-protective clothing. Look for clothing that boasts a ...