Q:We live in a large apartment building. Several nearby units have bedbugs, which appear to have spread from a single infected apartment. Our landlord has had the units sprayed and treated. But we have been forced to pay for dry cleaning our belongings, and we had to throw out a new mattress/box spring.
Our landlord [...]

Residents evacuated, but bites are one more difficulty for women looking for jobs, homes.
By Catherine Carlock
ccarlock@charlotteobserver.com
Think bedbugs are only the stuff of children’s nursery rhymes? Think again.
The Charlotte-area United Family Services domestic violence shelter has evacuated its residents to “a safe place” in order to battle a recent infestation of bedbugs, said Libby McLaughlin, vice [...]

College students beware: Don’t let the bedbugs bite.
Universities and colleges nationwide are trying to figure out how to keep the biting insects out of dormitories — no easy task when it comes to creatures that can survive pesticides.
At this weekend’s conference of university and college housing officers in Florida, two sessions deal with the pesky [...]

While there have been no reports of bedbugs in P.E.I. accommodations in the past two years, the tourism industry is still working to ensure they don’t become a problem.
The Tourism Industry Association of P.E.I. has just mailed out a reminder to operators about how to spot the pests, and how to get rid of them.
With [...]

Vancouver complex to include ’sauna’to zap pests infesting belongings as frustration rises over cost of outbreaks

WENDY STUECK
From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail
June 17, 2008 at 3:53 AM EDT

VANCOUVER — Bedbugs can go a year without a meal, hide in tiny cracks and survive chemical campaigns to kill them.
But they don’t do so well in heat, which [...]

CHRISTIAN HARDIGREE – PODCAST (MAY 2008)

PCT’s Brad Harbison talks with Christian Hardigree, professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an expert on bed bug legal issues.
Gabcast! PCT Podcasts #52 – Christian Hardigree Discusses Bed Bugs and Legal Implications
PCT’s Brad Harbison talks with Christian Hardigree, professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and [...]

Through new legislation being proposed by Senator John D. Sabini, public schools in cities that have more than one million residents would be required to report bedbug infestations.
“Bedbugs are a growing problem in urban areas like western Queens, and that’s due to how densely populated our neighborhoods are,” Sabini said. “If bedbugs were to infest [...]

BRIDGEPORT — “Sleep tight. Don’t let the bedbugs bite.” For some city residents, that’s easier said than done.Carmen Cruz, a resident of the Ellsworth Apartments at 575 Ellsworth St., goes to bed every night fearful of a new onslaught from the tiny brown insects, whose small, round feeding marks cover her legs and arms.
“When I [...]

For three years, a couple who stayed at a San Diego County resort have been seeking compensation for what they say was a bug attack. The matter has been tied up in the tribal judicial system.
SAN DIEGO — – When Gloria and Robert Chisley went to the Barona Resort & Casino in Lakeside in August [...]

Stephanie sent in an oldie but a goodie:
As more people travel, blood-sucking bed bugs are finding their way back into more homes across the country. But, there are ways to keep those horrible hitchhikers from invading your home.
Click here to begin the NBC video.