Several hotels in Farmington, New Mexico are reporting incidents of bed bugs. First at the Four Corners Motel had repeated customer complaints about bed bugs. Second, a Days Inn near downtown had more than ten guests complain about bed bugs and … [Read more...]
Bed Bugs Bite at Coatesville Towers Apartments
The landmark Coatesville Towers Apartment building in Coatesville, PA has been evacuated because of a bed bug infestation. The population of the apartment building include one hundred elderly residents who are temporarily out of a home as … [Read more...]
Mattress Cover for Bed Bugs
You'll see a large number of bedbug sites out there selling specialized mattress covers to keep bedbugs from getting inside your mattress (or outside, if you're infested), but did you know that you can buy them right from your local store or better … [Read more...]
Emergency Shelter Closes Because of Bed Bugs
In Portland, Maine The Milestone Foundation's emergency shelter and detox unit were ordered closed Sunday night, because of an infestation of bed bugs. A local pest company was hired to make the assessment. The residents of the shelter were moved to … [Read more...]
Bed Bugs Scar Child for Life!
Hena Daniels from Eyewitness News (wsmv) did a horrible job on segment where a boy who brought bed bugs to school. The school is Washington Elementary and the video shows a resident being interviewed; when the resident was asked if he would allow … [Read more...]
Animal Planet Features Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs
As bed bugs are becoming more and more of a problem through out the United States people are coming up with more solutions. One solution is dogs that are professionally trained to sniff out and locate bed bugs. On an upcoming show "Dogs 101" on … [Read more...]
Woman Receives $71,000 From Bed Bug Bites
A woman (who wishes to remain anonymous) stayed at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in San Francisco and during her stay received more than 400 bed bug bites. During her stay the woman noticed blood stains on the sheets as well as insect bites on her face and … [Read more...]
Bed Bugs Infest WA at a Soaring Rate
Bed Bugs aren't just found in the United States, but other countries as well. In fact traveling is a huge cause of bed bugs, bed bugs have been called the "hitch hikers of the world". In the past six years there has been a great increase of bed … [Read more...]
Police & Firefighters Should Get Financial Help for Bed Bugs
Cincinnati local news recently wrote an article about the City Council saying that Policemen and Firefighters should get financial help for the removal of bed bugs because often times they unwillingly bring them from their job scene to their own … [Read more...]
Man Who Lets the Bed Bugs Bite
You've heard the nursery rhyme a million times when you were a child, but did you for a second think that anyone may actually willingly let bed bugs bite them? The New York Times wrote an article about Louis Sorkin, a man that biologist Bill Schutt … [Read more...]
Family Reports Bedbugs at Value Place Hotel and is kicked out!
KCTV5.com released a report that on Oct, 16, 2008 that a family was kicked out of their hotel room by management for reporting bed bugs! The hotel they pointed to is Value Place Hotel in Kansas City, MO (KC South - Grandview Triangle) 11301 Colorado … [Read more...]
Kick the Bed Bugs Out of Your Bed!
We all know where bed bugs come from, we typically bring them home as unwanted souvenirs from vacations or take them with us after moving from an apartment complex. What we really need to know is how to get rid of them. Lynn Little wrote an … [Read more...]
Hotel Zaps the Bed Bugs
Imagine having to pay $63,000 because of thousands of bugs that are only a quarter of an inch long. You probably wouldn't be too thrilled right? Well that's exactly how the owners of Days Inn in Farmington, New Mexico felt. Rez Chowdhury, the … [Read more...]
Bed Bug Problem Persistent in Section Eight Housing
Section Eight subsidized housing is also known as government funded low income housing. And at a particular section eight housing unit: Leadville's Mt. Massive Manor there has been a persistent bed bug problem causing problems for residents as … [Read more...]
Bedbugs: A Growing Problem
Imagine going on a vacation or trip only to have memory of one thing: bed bugs. John Keenan wrote an article for the Omaha Newsstand called "Pest control companies report a growing problem with bedbugs." Many hotels and motels are the very place … [Read more...]
Bedbugs Declared a Health Hazard
Are bed bugs really considered a health hazard? According to a Toronto municipal councillor, Howard Moscoe, they certainly should be. Moscoe wants the city to begin taking steps toward calling the growing problem of bed bugs a health hazard. The … [Read more...]
Apartment Complex Tackles Bed Bug Infestation
Nate Morabito (Johnson City, Tennessee) wrote an article "Johnson City Apartment Complex Tackling Bed Bug Infestation" that will make your skin crawl. This apartment complex, John Sevier apartments, happens to be a government owned complex that … [Read more...]
Bed Bugs Force Students to Move
Imagine that you're a college student at Goucher College in Baltimore. You are living in Towson's Dulaney Valley Apartments just outside of campus. Now imagine adding bedbugs to the scenario. Unfortunately this really happened at this apartment … [Read more...]
Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite
Ever since we were little we've all heard our parents or grandparents use the phrase "don't let the bed bugs bite!" Little did we know how very true that expression could become. Lisa Hartman wrote an article for New England Real Estate Journal … [Read more...]
Bed Bug Sniffing Dog
Think you may have bedbugs? If you're unsure why not hire a dog to investigate the situation for you? That's what Belinda Hurley did. According to the article 'Dog trained to sniff out bedbugs' by Eric Robinette from the Middletown Journal … [Read more...]
Bed Bugs at Days Inn
Channel 3's Obie Shelton WKYC just interviewed the Mathis family about their bed bug infested stay at a DAYS INN and suites at east 36th and Euclid. I looked up the Inn and found a Days Inn at 3614 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115 (216) 361-8969. I … [Read more...]