Pediatricians at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital are seeing viral sore throats, seasonal allergies, eczema, ear ...

DEET, chemically named N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, is an active ingredient in many insect repellents. The compound works by interfering with insects' ability to smell humans, essentially making us ...

Some worry that this active ingredient is toxic. Here’s what we know about its effect on human health. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times Supported by By Isobel Whitcomb Q: Everyone ...

Compounds derived from coconut oil have been found to repel some insects better than DEET, a synthetic chemical considered the "gold standard" of repellents, according to a U.S. Department of ...

Diseases caused by bug bites are on the rise, with growing concern about red-meat allergy and other illnesses associated with tick bites and new reports of mosquitoes carrying malaria and West ...

The results: the most effective repellents against mosquitoes and ticks contain 25 to 30 percent deet as their active ingredient. All excel in protection. If you’re concerned about using deet ...

But before you coat everyone with bug spray, we want to Verify, can you use bug spray with DEET on your dogs? Our sources are Dr. Chrstine Hayes, the medical director for the National Poison ...

Here are answers to those questions and more. When it comes to active ingredients that can ward off bugs, it’s hard to beat DEET. It is “broad spectrum,” meaning it works on a wide variety ...