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Should I worry about mosquito bites?

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Hi, it’s Angelica in Boston where it’s been raining all summer long, making it primetime for mosquitoes. I’m covered in bites and wondering just how worried I need to be about the illnesses the pesky insects can carry. But first…

I don’t know what it is, but mosquitoes seem to love me. Every summer I find myself covered from head to toe with itchy bites.