Souvenirs of outdoor activities in the summertime include insect bites. It is almost impossible to have one without the other – except if you visit Antarctica where there are neither – no insects and no real summer.
1. Recognize serious allergic symptoms.
Life-threatening reactions to insect bites (anaphylaxis) are extremely rare, especially in children. Such reactions are [...]

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The great outdoors would be even greater if the insects didn’t bite and the bees didn’t sting. But they do. They await your family in picnic areas, in apple picking orchards and in the underbrush, the very places children enjoy being. And insects are smart. But there are many ways you can outsmart them.
Here is [...]

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