October 25, 2008

Late breaking news

Bedbugs infest elders' public housing (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Bedbugs live in more than a quarter of the units of a public housing apartment complex in downtown Lexington. There are even bedbugs in the lobbies, said Fayette County health department inspectors who examined the buildings, which are designated for those 55 and older, earlier this month. As a result, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority plans to treat all 317 …

Lexington Public Housing Complex Bedbug Infested (WKYT Lexington)

… Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority plans to treat all 317 apartments in Ballard-Griffith Towers in an attempt to get bedbugs under control

Blood-sucking bedbugs infest WA at soaring rate (The West Australian)

An explosion in bedbug infestations is gripping WA with pest controllers reporting a 5780 per cent increase in cases in six years. The spread of the blood-sucking pests, which are now being found in

Reporter's Notebook: RJ Maccani (The Narco News Bulletin)

From "The Other New York," in East Harlem (El Barrio), Movement for Justice in El Barrio celebrates a second great victory in the struggle against neoliberal displacement and reaffirms that "El Barrio is not for sale".

Weird but true tales of animal behavior (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

You think you know something about animals? Anything at all? Well, think again.

Downtown Bedbug Attack Costs Ramada $71,000 (SFist)

Just in time for your lunch hour, a woman who received more than 400 bedbug bites during her stay at San Franciscos Ramada Plaza Hotel has received $71,000 to settle her claim against the downtown hotel. The out-of court settlement is the largest ever paid to victims in similar bedbug-attack cases. According to the City Star : The woman, who wants to remain anonymous, spent three …

Travel (The West Australian)

An explosion in bedbug infestations is gripping WA with pest controllers reporting a 5780 per cent increase in cases in six years.

Don't let the bedbugs bite (Isthmus)

Joseph Lancman thinks the little buggers may be a bigger problem than most people realize. He's right. In August, after finishing work on his Ph.D. in biological sciences from the UW-Madison, Lancman moved into a new apartment. His bed became infested with bedbugs, a once-common pest that's enjoying a worldwide resurgence. Lancman tried to get rid of the small, wingless insects, which like to …

Bedbugs Reported Again At Goucher Housing (WBAL-TV Baltimore)

Goucher College said that only weeks after students at one off-campus housing location had to be relocated because of bedbugs, the creatures have been reported at the hotel where the students were moved.

Permalink • Print

Related Entries

Late breaking news

Effective Tips on Killing Bed Bugs

Bed bugs have become one of the most annoying insects that thrive in modern households In the United States, health experts and authorities that infestation of the insect ceased after the World War in the 1940s But somehow, in the 1990s, bed bugs reappeare…

Tracing Bed Bugs

The number of reported cases of bed bugs in schools, hotels, motels, cruise ships, dormitories, shelters, homes, movie houses and apartments are rising And the authorities are somehow already alarmed and concerned over the issue In the United States alone,…

Bed Bugs Your Unlikely Room Mate

Have you ever feel like you were not alone in your room, although there is no one else there beside you Have you ever experienced being alone in your room in the middle of the night, hence, you feel, and you are certain that there are other beings there wi…

Bed Bugs Alert Know the Bed Bugs Symptoms

Many people these days are unaware of bed bugs symptoms It is understandable since bed bugs together with some pests have been exterminated during the widespread use of DDT in the United States after World War I But because of international travel and immi…

Bed Bug Rash and Bed Bug Odor

Do you know that there is a 90 chance that a famous hotel a presidential or suite room in a five star hotel may have bed bugs Your favorite hotel may even have bed bugs infestation too without you knowing about it So, you now ask, how would you know if y…

Permalink • Print

Related Entries

Made with WordPress and a healthy dose of Semiologic • Sky Gold skin by Denis de Bernardy