Wesleyan Arms, a 60-unit senior apartment complex in Red Bank, NJ, has bed bugs. Monmouth County Health Officer Sidney B. Johnson said “bedbugs are not a health issue because they do not transmit disease but that the insects do qualify as pests.”

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People are complaining about all kinds of alleged problems at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. Among them? Three hotel guests who filed complaints “were irate because their rooms were infested with bedbugs.”

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Look at the title. Look at the photo. Look at the title. Look at the photo. Say it with me, now: bed bugs. Are. Not. Dust. Mites. Come on Aotearoa / New Zealand! Everyone has dust mites, but bed bugs are another matter.

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Bed bugs are “not necessarily a widespread problem, just an increasing trend,” Diane O’Hora, supervising public health educator for Broome County, NY. A trend, like hobo bags, and that racoon eyeliner business, and palazzo pants. Yay! We’re trendy!

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