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Cincinnati city/county combined bed bug task force drafts bed bug plan, not a moment too soon »

Rich Jaffe reported today for Local 12 in Cincinnati that the combined city/county bed bug task force (Greater Cincinnati in Ohio, and Hamilton County, Kentucky) has released a draft report of their plan to combat bed bugs. Jaffe also reports on one Silverton, Ohio building that is infested with bed bugs, and one tenant, who moved to flee […]

Dayton and Middletown, Ohio: avoiding bed bugs is difficult »

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 […]

Bowling Green Towers: another infestation in elderly and disabled housing »

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 […]

Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana hold tri-state “Emergency Meeting” about bed bugs »

The Kentucky Post and WCPO (ABC9 in Cincinnati) reported that there was an “Emergency Meeting” held behind closed doors last Friday to discuss the bed bug problem in the tri-state area of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. (Indiana was not mentioned by name in any of the articles, but we can assume it’s the third […]

Still more on New York’s response to bed bugs »

The press release for the New York HPD bed bug seminars is here. It includes dates and times, addresses, and a phone number for more information. Seminars will be in English and Spanish. Please do call the number listed below to reserve a spot.
The first seminar is scheduled to take place on […]

Covington, Kentucky IRS building infested with bed bugs »

The Gateway Center, a building in Covington, Ohio Kentucky where 5,000 IRS employees work, has bed bugs.
The article implies that treatments have occurred at four-week intervals:
Gateway Center officials said that after the first bug was found on the third floor in October, all floors were chemically treated.
Those treatments are scheduled on a monthly basis, officials […]

Cincinnati fights bed bugs, declares some success »

Cincinnati held a meeting yesterday about bed bugs. Channel 9 (ABC) said yesterday:
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority will show the Health, Environment and Education Committee a presentation on the pests.
Officials said bed bugs are a big problem in the city’s public housing, which is overseen by the Housing Authority.
According to Channel 12, Cincinnati politicians […]

NY Daily News: bed bug epidemic attacks New York City »

The lead story in the “News” section of today’s New York Daily News is on bed bugs. That’s good: it’s always good to see bed bugs in the news.
It’s not a particularly helpful story, however.
For starters, there are inaccuracies. Let’s start with this caption below a photo of an adult bed bug:
Unfed […]

apartmentratings.com on bed bugs; realtor warns clients about bed bugs; tenant.net on bedbugs; more video from Cincinnati »

Apartmentratings.com is a way to check what other tenants are saying about your building. It is not widely used, but like anything else, can be another tool, along with the bedbugregistry.com. Don’t forget to leave your review and warn others. There are 623 posts today featuring “bed bugs.” Don’t forget to search […]

This is bad: bed bugs crawling everywhere. Video at 11. »

This video aired on WLWT Channel 5 in Cincinnati, back in October 2007. We covered the story when it ofirst appeared, but I don’t recall this video airing properly, and indeed, it still does not on the WLWT site. It’s worth seeing.
If your multi-unit building landlord, co-op association, condo board, YWCA manager, elderly […]

Bed bugs in Cincinnati YWCA shelter; Bargara, Queensland hostel; portrayed in London sleep exhibit, »

Londonist: Sleeping And Dreaming: The Wellcome Collection (exhibit on sleep includes bed bugs)
“This is an all-embracing examination of our need to sleep. . . . The very practical logistics of sleeping are also tackled: bedbugs and the luxury of a bed to oneself.” Bed bugs figure in exhibit on sleep at medical-themed-art centre in […]

bed bugs in Virginia Beach (again), Brown County, Ohio, and potential health risks »

WAVY TV 10 - Bed bugs invade another oceanfront motel (in Virginia Beach, VA)
“Bed bugs invade another oceanfront motel. This time the health department forced the MacThrift Motor Inn on 22nd street to close off some of its rooms because of the pesky little critters.” Five rooms, to be exact.
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