(NEXSTAR) – Officials in coastal and lakeside municipalities in several parts of the country have issued alerts about “swimmer’s itch” in recent weeks, perhaps prompting a few would-be beachgoers to ...

It’s summertime, and for many people that means spending time with family and friends at the lake or river. For some, it also means an unpleasant skin irritation: swimmer’s itch. Swimmer’s itch, also ...

Question: Last summer, my children got terrible welts on their legs after swimming in a lake. We weren’t aware of mosquitoes or flies biting us, so was it something in the water? Answer: A likely ...