Health Topics – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts
Jul 10, 2026 · 1 min · 3 segments
Outdoor foggers with insecticides of the permethrin class help a lot in keeping mosquitoes from invading your outdoor celebrations in the summer, but if you don’t like inhaling these products…
Elizabeth TracyThere's services that will spray your lawn to kill mosquitoes, but those aren't great just because they will kill lots of beneficial bugs as well.
Bees and things like that will also be targeted.
You're going to kill every single insect in your yard.
there are a lot of good bugs out there.
You can also use a fan.
Mosquitoes are horrible flyers.
So if you just have a fan in your backyard where you are blowing around you, that's pretty decent about keeping them away from you.
And you can also wear the contact repellent.
There's services that will spray your lawn to kill mosquitoes, but those aren't great just because they will kill lots of beneficial bugs as well.
Bees and things like that will also be targeted.
You're going to kill every single insect in your yard.
there are a lot of good bugs out there.
You can also use a fan.
Mosquitoes are horrible flyers.
So if you just have a fan in your backyard where you are blowing around you, that's pretty decent about keeping them away from you.
And you can also wear the contact repellent.
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