“The problem has been spreading globally since the late 1990s, and there is literally no country on the face of the planet that hasn’t had a bed bug problem,” David Cain, of Bed Bugs Limited, told the British newspaper. Reluctance to seek help because of the social stigma attached to...
22 -hour wait for a ward bed ; Delay after bug outbreak
Just nine months ago, in October 2023, abedbug crisisin the French capital made international headlines and sparked panic after videos of the insects crawling on the Paris metro went viral online. As the outbreak drew widespread media attention, French officials pledged to take action against bed...
There has been a worldwide increase in bed bug infestations over the last 1015 years. A major stigma is placed upon the institutions found to be infested. We report our experience with an outbreak of the tropical bed bug, Cimex hemipterus, in a neonatal unit. The outbreak not only affecte...
While it's normal to feel anxious about a potential outbreak here in Toronto, bed bug infestations are unfortunately nothing new in the city, making it unlikely that we'll face a full-on outbreak. Back in March, pest control company Orkin Canada released its ranking of thetop 25 Canadian ...
There has been a surge in bed bug reports since the deputy mayor of Paris sombrely announced "no one is safe" from the blood-sucking creatures. Paris is grappling with awell-documented outbreakas experts warnthings could be just as bad in London. ...
One collected arthropod sample was identified as a bed bug by three entomologists. Exposures associated with symptoms included working in a cubicle in which a canine identified bed bugs (risk ratio [RR]: 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.3-3.6), and self-reported seasonal allergies (RR:...