USA TODAY spoke with Dr. Courtney Cotter, DO, an allergy and immunology doctor at Nationwide Children's Hospital, to break down everything you need to know about managing your mosquito bite.

When a mosquito pierces your skin, it does more than cause a fleeting moment of discomfort—it sets off a chain reaction within your body.

Diseases caused by mosquito bites are on the rise ... some people aren’t comfortable spraying DEET on themselves, on their children or while pregnant. The Centers for Disease Control and ...