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By John Rawlins Saturday, September 08, 2018 07:42PM PHILADELPHIA — A video showing a bed bug infestation on a SEPTA bus is going viral, and now the transit agency is addressing the problem. Crystal Lopez was the person who shot the video, showing the bugs scampering along the upholstered seatback. Minutes before she had stretched

Woman Died Due To Extreme Heat From Bedbug Treatment, Negligence Lawsuit Claims An 82-year-old woman’s family who claims a bedbug extermination treatment killed her is suing the pest control company as well as the owners of the Houston apartment complex in which the woman resided. Bedbugs are typically killed with a combination of aerosol spray and heat treatment.

Bedbugs are joining the resistance. The critters have started to develop a resistance against two common chemicals used to kill them, according to a new study from researchers at Purdue University. And it might start taking a lot more than a bug bomb to destroy infestations. To see if every city dweller’s worst nightmare was

POSTED:APR 29 2017 05:58PM CDT SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Fox 32 News) – Once you get bedbugs in your house, it’s hard to get rid of them. That’s one of the reasons why Illinois lawmakers are working on a bill to help make sure you don’t bring any home from work. Rep. Jaime Andrade (D-Chicago) introduced HB0369

When bedbugs bite, tenants will know about it under a bill passed by the City Council Tuesday. The legislation, which passed by a vote of 44-5, will require landlords to disclose bedbug infestations in their buildings, through postings in the building or notices given to tenants with their leases. They’ll also have to report discovering

Bedbugs kill woman, caretaker faces charges USA TODAY NETWORKGordon Rago, York (Pa.) Daily Record3:40 p.m. ET Feb. 25, 2017 A Pennsylvania woman died last year from bedbug bite complications. The insects had invaded the care facility where she was housed. Now, the woman’s 72-year-old caretaker Deborah Butler faces felony charges including involuntary manslaughter and neglect of

A man has filed a lawsuit against a hotel in Chicago’s Near North neighborhood, claiming that he was attacked by bed bugs in two separate rooms while staying there over the summer. Allen Brown said he was staying at the Courtyard Marriott Chicago Downtown/River North hotel, located at 30 E. Hubbard St. on August 16,

Paul Standerwick said he was bitten over 100 times by bed bugs. Credit: SWNS A man who was bitten “over 100 times” by bed bugs on a British Airways flight has demanded an apology after he was given just a £50 voucher as compensation. Paul Standerwick, 36, was about to depart for a family holiday

By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Bed bugs appear to have a strong preference for particular colours – a quirk that could be used against the troublesome pests, say scientists. According to the work in the Journal of Medical Entomology, the blood-sucking insects love black and red but hate yellow and green. This

by MAGGIE FOX People living in budget apartment buildings across northern New Jersey are likely to have bed bugs and not even know about it, a new study finds. A team from Rutgers University found that one in eight low-income apartments had bedbugs, and half the time the residents didn’t even know it. But the

Other than “flight delay” or “LaGuardia Airport,” there might not be a two words that make travelers more uncomfortable than “bed bugs.” So prepare to be creeped out, because reports of bed bugs in New York City’s hotels have increased more than 44% since this time last year — even at some of the city’s

By SARAH GRIFFITHS FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 09:03 EST, 28 January 2016 | UPDATED: 09:45 EST, 28 January 2016 They live in the cracks and crevices of beds and crawl out a night to suck blood by detecting our body heat and carbon dioxide. Now the much loathed bed bug is threatening to become even more

January 25, 2016 by Entomology Today 1 Comment By Josh Lancette Many studies have been done on how effective certain pesticides are when they are applied to bed bugs. However, most have not allowed the bed bugs to take a blood meal after being exposed to pesticides, which can change the mortality rates, according to

A California man has shared a horrifying video that shows a mattress infested with bed bugs that left his girlfriend’s body covered in bites during their stay at a Manhattan hotel. Elgin Ozlen, from Long Beach, posted a video on YouTube on Friday that shows more than 50 bugs crawling in the seams and along

December 17 20:59 2015 Victoria’s Secret had to close for a few hours this week after a bed bug sighting in the store on Lexington Avenue at 58th Street. Victoria’s Secret Angels Take Over Times Square The lingerie retailer released a statement on Friday saying: “As a proactive measure, we tested our Manhattan stores. When

By Gordon Block PUBLISHED: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015 AT 12:30 AM WATERTOWN — City fire and police crews were called Wednesday afternoon after bug-killing chemicals were found in a Franklin Street apartment building known as “The Burdick,” injuring one occupant and causing an evacuation of its residents. Crews, including Jefferson County’s Hazardous Material unit, were

By Seriously Science | September 14, 2015 6:00 am Image: Flickr/AJC ajcann.wordpress.com If bed bugs are living in your home, they are probably hiding out and waiting to sense the carbon dioxide from your breath to home in on their next blood meal. But how did they get there in the first place? If you

(Photo: Courtesy of Sherry Young) USA TODAY NETWORK Daniel Bethencourt, Detroit Free Press DETROIT — Sherry Young says she spent close to a year living in fear of bedbugs. So on Monday, sleep-deprived and desperate, she turned on her apartment’s stove and oven. She left for a day. Then she returned, sprayed herself with rubbing

Friday, October 16, 2015 08:20PM CHICAGO (WLS) — At least one bedbug was found Wednesday at Burnside Elementary on Chicago’s South Side. A spokesperson for Chicago Public Schools said that exterminators were called to the school in the 600-block of E. 91st Place on Thursday to treat the school. Exterminators will be back at the