"Chigger bites aren’t serious, but they can become infected, especially if you scratch them," Baptist Health says. "Crusting ...

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Summer is here, and just as we are shedding layers and welcoming the sunshine, insects are lining up to feast on our flesh.

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Whether you’re having a backyard cookout or camping with your family, nothing puts a damper quite as fast as biting insects like mosquitoes, flies and ticks. To help keep bites at bay, the best bug ...

With the arrival of summer comes more time spent outdoors — which also means a greater risk of itchy skin conditions. Bug bites and stings are naturally more prevalent in the warmer weather, which ...

From those that are a mere nuisance to those causing potential health issues, here are six pests to be on the lookout for.

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Grant County reported its first case of Zika virus. The patient has recovered and was apparently infected while traveling in Mexico. It is Washington’s 22nd Zika case, all related the foreign travel.

Think about the most annoying flying insect in Florida and most might say mosquitoes. But lately it's a much smaller pestering nuisance, the eye gnat.