ROCHESTER — Are you one of those people who attracts mosquitoes? The flying pests may find you irresistibly alluring because of the smell of your skin. A study by researchers at Rockefeller University ...

New research has found that smelly armpits may turn some people into a mosquito magnet. This is apparently the reason that some people are so plagued by the annoying critters — while others get off ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new study finds that some people really are “mosquito magnets” and it probably has to do with the way they smell. The researchers found that people who are most attractive to ...

What is the best placement for a mosquito magnet in a rowhouse backyard? We’d like to use all parts of the yard. Has anyone put it on the deck, extension room, or house roof?

If you’ve ever wondered why you get targeted by mosquitoes while your friends and family escape unscathed, according to a new study, the answer might lie in the chemicals on your skin specifically, ...

Mosquitos can carry some dangerous diseases, including malaria, recently rediscovered in Florida. Whether you are a target of those pesky insects may depend on an odd array of factors including your ...

Zika, a mosquito-borne virus first identified in 1947 in a Rhesus macaque monkey, continues to perplex scientists in many ways nearly 80 years later. While many people with a Zika virus infection ...

BELLAIRE, Texas (KTRK) -- A West Nile Virus sample has been detected in the City of Bellaire, health officials announced Tuesday. The city said Harris County will begin spraying for mosquitoes in the ...

Some people are magnets for mosquitoes, emitting a tantalizing combination of chemicals that invite the pesky insects to dine on them. Researchers at Rockefeller University in New York found people ...