Staying informed and current on the science, treatment and reports involving bedbugs is key to avoiding infestation and integrated pest management. Visit this page for ongoing links to timely reports, and read our news blog for thoughts and perspectives from our bedbug experts and guest blogger
02.04.15 | Columbus, Ohio home destroyed during bedbug battle (includes video)
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2015/02/04/columbus-harris-avenue-bed-bug-fire.html
02.04.15 | Bedbugs found in elementary school bathroom
http://m.meadvilletribune.com/news/local_news/bedbugs-found-in-titusville-school-s-bathrooms/article_c8f9efa0-ac29-11e4-ad2f-c3526ac1bc49.html?mode=jqm
02.04.15 | Bedbugs shut down college campus.
http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/7710324-74/campus-north-student#axzz3QpPTc5nc
02.02.15 | Bats Gifted People with Bedbugs
A paper recently published in the journal Molecular Ecology has zeroed in on just where bedbugs first came from. The research “provides the first genetic evidence that bats were the ancestral host of the bed bugs that plague human residences today,” reports Melissa Hogenboom over at BBC Earth. Read it at: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-we-can-thank-bats-bedbugs-180954114/
01.28.15 | Bedbug Reports Up in Lexington, KY | http://www.lex18.com/story/27967691/skin-crawling-news-from-orkin-treatments-for-bed-bugs-have-risen
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/17/bed-bugs-chagas-disease_n_6173380.html05.11.11 | Drug Resistant Superbugs on ABC News | http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/bedbugs-carry-drug-resistant-bacteria-study/story?id=13571434