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By Nobugsonme on Nov 16, 2007 in Chagas' disease, Q fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, anthrax, bed bugs, bedbugs, boutonneuse fever, brown county, brucellosis, encephalomyelitis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic jaundice (Brazzaville), epidemic typhus, exanthematous typhus, health, health department, health risks, hotel bed bugs, hotels, infectious disease, influenza, leprosy, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, macthrift motor inn, malaria, mansonelliasis, motels, oceanfront, ohio, onchocerciasis, oriental sore, paratyphoid fever, plague, pneumococcal pneumonia, poliomyelitis, public health, relapsing fever, sleeping sickness, smallpox, spread, staphylococcal septicemia, time, travel, tuberculosis, tularemia, typhoid fever, usa, virginia, virginia beach, virginia beach health department, yellow fever | 0 Comments
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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By nobugsonme on Oct 30, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, best practices, big business, health department, hotels, travel, usa, virginia | 17 Comments
According to this ARTICLE: Virginia Beach hotel sued over alleged bed bug attack (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com), the Rodeway Inn on Atlantic Avenue in Virginia Beach is being sued for $400,000 by a woman who claims she was bitten by bed bugs there.
The plaintiff Elizabeth Glenn and her daughter stayed at the Rodeway Inn, and […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 25, 2007 in bed bug bites, bed bugs, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, employee, hampton roads, hotels, how to get rid of bed bugs, motels, treatment in hotels, usa, virginia, workplace | 2 Comments
Lindsay Roberts reports for WVEC.com that bed bugs are flourishing in Virginia hotels in areas such as Newport News, Hampton Roads, and Virginia Beach.
One woman is interviewed who used to work as a motel housekeeper; she started getting bitten at work, and she quit her job because of it.
“If I’m getting bit up like this, […]
By nobugsonme on Apr 16, 2007 in Queens, alberta, bed bug bites, bed bugs, bedbugs, blackpool, brazil, british columbia, california, canada, colorado, denmark, england, florida, gibraltar, harrow, hungary, iceland, illinois, iowa, ireland, kentucky, manitoba, maryland, massachusetts, meta, michigan, mississippi, nevada, new jersey, new york, north dakota, nottingham, ohio, oklahoma, ontario, oregon, pennsylvania, quebec, san francisco, sheffield, spread, texas, uk, usa, utah, virginia, washington | 7 Comments
You can click here to see a map of the last 90 or so visitors to the site. It will look different from what I describe below, because I am writing about what I saw there about 4-5 hours ago. Now it’s almost midnight in New York, and the Aussies are starting to […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 6, 2006 in audio, bed bugs, bedbugs, colleges, research, usa, virginia | 0 Comments
Virginia Tech grad students are raising bed bugs to be used in scientific experiments, as described in this 90 second A Touch of Tech podcast. Click here to listen to an mp3 (it is very short). Scientists will use the “livestock” to “try to find a chink in the bed bug armor” which […]
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