Atlantic staff writer Annie Lowery suffers from a rare liver condition that causes severe chronic itch. It led her to look into the stigma of itchiness, the itch-scratch cycle, and finding acceptance ...

Mosquito bites itch due to an immune system reaction to the insect's saliva. Scratching a bite releases more histamines, which increases inflammation and itching. To soothe a bite, you can apply a ...

SO FAR, NO REPORTS OF ANYONE GETTING SICK. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED MOSQUITOES STARTING TO SHOW UP AGAIN. IF YOU’RE BITTEN, IT OFTEN LEADS TO AN ITCHY BUMP. IT’S SO ANNOYING. BUT KOAT, UNM HEALTH EXPERT ...

Are you one of these people who loathes spending time outdoors at dusk as the weather warms and mosquitoes start biting? Female mosquitoes need blood to develop their eggs. Even though they take a ...

So you've enjoyed a picnic in the sunshine. Or you've sat on the grass for a twilight concert. But you've come away with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Itch is a sensation stimulated either by outside irritants or internal sensory signals. The “hardwired instinct ...

O.K., so it doesn’t quite rank up there with unraveling the cause of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. But with mosquito and poison-ivy season on the way, plenty of folks would be grateful for an ...