Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. If you want to protect yourself from mosquitoes and ticks—which seem to be everywhere this year—you might ...

With tick season ramping up again this spring, it’s time to marshall your tools for keeping biting, disease-causing bugs at bay. Using bug spray is one important strategy, as is keeping your yard ...

If you spend any time outside, it’s hard to completely avoid mosquitoes and ticks. Taking precautions like wearing an effective insect repellent can make a big difference. But, particularly when it ...