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Bed bugs and landlords don’t always mix well, and for further proof, we need only refer to a recent story from Plattsburgh, New York. Local resident Dan Hill has been living on Elizabeth Street for more than three years, and up until recently has had few if any problems to report. However, in October of […]

Parents of students attending a Buffalo high school are concerned that their children may be spending their school day with bed bugs. A recent Facebook post from the South Buffalo Neighborhood Watch alerted parents and students to a possible bed bug infestation at South Park High School. It didn’t take long for the post to go […]

911 operators are used to answering calls from people in distress, and they do their best to direct first responders to their destinations with speed and efficiency. But for a 911 call-center in the Bronx the emergency was right under their feet. Please State the Nature of the Emergency Beginning in June of this year […]

I think it’s probably safe to say that most newspapers would prefer to merely print the news rather than make the news. Unfortunately, there are times when the news outlet becomes the headline. That’s just what happened earlier this month when the New York Times sent out an alert that bed bugs had been found […]

There are some awards no one wants to win, and topping the list of bed bug infested cities in the US is one of them. A new report tracking the 50 most bed bug infested cities in the United States has just been released, and while New York City hasn’t hit the top spot it […]

Every so often we like to dip into the ongoing news cycle and present our regular readers with stories that we hope they will find interesting. Typically, these stories involve high profile bed bug sightings that illustrate just how pervasive these parasites can be. This time, however, we have something a little different. This week […]

Disney World is often referred to as the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’, and it attracts visitors from all over the globe. But a Louisiana family’s recent trip to the world’s most popular tourist attraction turned out to be less than cheery, leaving the trio covered in bed bug bites and with some very unwelcome traveling […]

Mid-town Manhattan is a tourist’s Meccas for visitors to the Big Apple, and one of the highlights of any trip to the city is a stop at the 5th avenue Apple Store. More than just a place of business, the tech giant’s landmark shop front has become a major attraction for visitors to NYC. But […]

We’ve all heard of courthouses being evacuated due to firearms or bomb threats, but it’s a fair bet that few of us would expect to hear of a courthouse being evacuated due to the sudden infestation of bed bugs. But that’s just what happened last month at the Rogers County Courthouse in Oklahoma when a […]

In one of the more distressing stories we’ve come across in recent months, patients at a Sodus, NY nursing home and rehab center are reporting being under siege by bed bugs. This isn’t the first time tha the Wayne County nursing facility has come under scrutiny. Over the last four years the Sodus Rehabilitation and […]