SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The advice is right there, on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To avoid contracting Zika, treat your clothing with an insecticide known as ...

You can add to that protection by using permethrin on your socks, pants, and other clothing and gear—like tents and backpacks ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- We're heading into a particularly bad tick season and many people are looking for ways to protect themselves from the disease-carrying critters. Now a new government study finds that ...

The case for permethrin-treated clothing to prevent tick bites keeps getting stronger. In new experiments, clothing treated with an insecticide known as permethrin had strong toxic effects on three ...

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This randomized trial found that insect-repellent wraps could help provide protection before children develop vaccine-induced immunity. Clinical malaria incidence was 66% lower in Ugandan children who ...

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Insecticide-treated clothes marketed to prevent tick bites work and may help prevent tick-borne diseases, a study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...

Spraying clothing with insecticide could provide a powerful new weapon against malaria in the poorest parts of Africa, new research suggests. A team led by Elizabeth Kimani of the African Population ...

The mosquito-borne disease kills around 610,000 people each year – the vast majority of them children under five across the continent Maeve Cullinan Global Health Security Reporter Maeve Cullinan is a ...