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Not Even Your Cats Are Safe From Bed Bugs
We’ve all had that moment of fear when we’ve checked out of a hotel and felt a little itchy. Uhoh, did we just spend the night with bed bugs? Now imagine if not only you were itching and scratching but your
No cure for the bed bug blues
LEXINGTON – They’re the size of an appleseed, can survive in water but not heat and they live by sucking blood, just like mosquitoes. Read full story
Study: Bedbugs can drive some people crazy
Unpublished research by docs at NYU Langone Medical Center presents case study after case study of New Yorkers struggling with mental illness pushed over the edge by bedbug infestations—or even the thought of them. Read story
Worst nightmare? Bedbugs with ‘superbug’ germs found
Creepy insects with MRSA bacteria detected in Canada hospital ATLANTA — Itchy bites and tossed-out mattresses may not be the only things to worry about during a bedbug infestation. Researchers have found that the tiny bloodsuckers can also harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Read
British couple ‘killed by bed bug spray’ on holiday
The deaths of seven tourists – including an elderly British couple – have been connected to a toxic bed bug pesticide found in the Thailand hotel they all visited. Read full story
Bed bugs biting in bigger batches
In a decade of treating patients in Harris County Hospital District emergency rooms, Dr. William Ledlie had never seen someone for bedbug bites. read full story
Bedbugs plague elder homes
RALEIGH — When a pest control company visited Lake Wheeler Family Care Home early last month, employees encountered an increasingly common sight in state-licensed homes for older people in Wake County: “Extreme amount of bedbugs (thousands) noted throughout entire house,” an
Bed bugs showing up in hospitals
MILWAUKEE (WISN/CNN) – Bed bugs invaded hotels across the nation last summer, but now the creepy crawly insects are moving into more sanitary quarters: hospitals. Read Story
Tourist Sacks Luxury Waldorf-Astoria With 3rd Bed Bug Lawsuit
The third hotel guest in the past year to sue the luxury Park Avenue hotel for allegedly housing the nasty, flesh-biting pesks. She is asking for $10 million. Read full story
Bed Bugs found at DC Hospital; rooms treated
Hospital spokeswoman Chenelle Harris told TBD.com that the patient who came in with bed bugs was at the hospital one day and that bed bug sniffing dogs detected the bugs in only one room, though three others were treated as
