Category: spread of bed bugs
By nobugsonme on Mar 3, 2008 in OH, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bedbugs, cincinnati, dayton, garbage, health departments, hotels, how to avoid bed bugs, mattresses, middletown, ohio, public health, spread of bed bugs, used furniture | 0 Comments
According to the Dayton Daily News, you can get bed bugs from all kinds of sources: 4-star hotels, college dorms, from your neighbors via pipes running from apartment to apartment, and from used furniture. When you’re thinking about how to avoid bed bugs, you have to realize it’s not just about you: your neighbors […]
By nobugsonme on Feb 5, 2008 in 1149 College St., Barren River District Health Department, Bowling Green, Bowling Green Towers, HUD, bed bugs, bedbugs, detect bed bugs, elderly and disabled, elderly and disabled housing, how to get rid of bed bugs, inspecting for bed bugs, kentucky, landlords and tenants, low-income housing, ohio, spread of bed bugs, subsidized housing | 1 Comment
Jim Gaines Reports for the Bowling Green Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky) that
A few of the roughly 200 residents in Bowling Green Towers at 1149 College St. have had restless nights due to a pesky problem. Several apartment-dwellers have reported an infestation of bedbugs - but health officials say trouble is being squashed before it […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 16, 2008 in batesville, bed bugs, bedbugs, indiana, public health, ripley county, spread of bed bugs | 0 Comments
The Batesville Herald Tribune in Indiana reports that even that locality’s health officials are discussing the increase in local bed bug cases:
Bed bug cases “are increasing somewhat throughout the county,” reported Wayne Peace, Emergency Management Agency director, at the Jan. 8 Ripley County Health Department meeting. “I don’t know why there is an increase.”
Public health […]
By nobugsonme on Jan 12, 2008 in Bed Bug Dogs, bed bug compensation, bed bugs, bed bugs and travel, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, disney, florida, hotel guests, hotels, orange county, spread of bed bugs, travel | 0 Comments
This article reports that bed bugs are getting around in Orange County, Florida:
“Our inspectors are saying in recent months, even the last year, we’ve been seeing more complaints of bed bugs in our area,” said Dain Weister of the Orange County Health Department.
Even the most popular hotels are not immune.
WFTV channel 9 reports that one […]
By Nobugsonme on Nov 28, 2007 in 2255 pandora street, BC, bed bugs, bed bugs in apartment buildings, bedbugs, canada, spread of bed bugs, vancouver | 1 Comment
globeandmail.com: Tenants in ‘Pandora’s boxes’ face mountain of troubles
Article referencing 2255 Pandora Street in Vancouver, BC, where, the author claims, “Bedbugs are a given.”
By Nobugsonme on Nov 23, 2007 in Brooklyn, Joe Fiorito, NJ, Toronto Community Housing, astral, atlantic city, bed bug news, bed bugs, bed bugs in casinos, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, canada, casino, greenpoint, homeless shelter, hotels, landlords, new hope shelter, new jersey, new york, nyc, ontario, pennsylvania, pistilli, public health, spread, spread of bed bugs, tenants, toronto, tropicana, usa, waynesboro | 0 Comments
Clip of the Day:
TheStar.com | Public Health must declare bedbug war
“The problem is spreading like flames all over town. Where are the people who will deal with this problem as if they were firefighters in front of a burning building?”
Bedbuggers, Are you all reading Joe Fiorito’s articles in the Star? You really […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 16, 2007 in Scotsman, awareness, bed bug epidemic, bed bugs, bedbugs, edinburgh, how to detect bed bugs, how to get rid of bed bugs, scotland, signs and symptoms of bed bugs, spread, spread of bed bugs, uk | 0 Comments
From Musselburgh to Murrayfield, Leith to Morningside, Edinbugh is bed-bugging, accoding to this new article from the Scotsman.
The article is a pretty standard “bed bugs are spreading in our area” story. However, the section entitled “The Facts” gives a hint of how far the news media has come as far as understanding bed bugs. […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 7, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, clustermap, meta, spread of bed bugs | 0 Comments
I am fascinated by the Cluster Map (right sidebar at top): it’s only been tracking the location where people are logging on since the 11th of February. If you look at the normal view, it appears that the US is soon to be enveloped by large red dots. Click “Navigation –> Map […]