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Jan 27 2009

Sleep Lab finds Bedbugs feeding on participant

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Source:  GlobalTV.com

An Edmonton woman who took part in an overnight sleep study awoke to find herself covered in bed bug bites.

Dawn Blue’s constant exhaustion prompted her doctor to refer her to the sleep disorder clinic at Edmonton General Hospital. It is overseen by Alberta Health Services, formerly Capital Health.

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Jan 27 2009

Bed Bug Infestations hit two more places!

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Source:  DailyGlobe.com

WORTHINGTON — Two more cases of bed bug infestations have been reported to Nobles-Rock Community Health Services in the last week, bringing the total number of investigations to four.

Jason Kloss, NRCHS Sanitarian, said the two new cases involve a unit in a local apartment complex, as well as a residential rental home. The first two locations included a residential rental home and a motel, which responded immediately to the discovery by fumigating its entire facility.

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Jan 26 2009

DIY Bed Bug Treatment Ends With Fire

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Source:  Cincinnati.com

BOND HILL – The unfortunate combination of a cigarette and a homemade chemical solution to kill bed bugs started a house fire late Sunday that displaced two adults and an infant, Cincinnati fire officials said.

A woman treated a second-story bedroom for bed bugs at a home in the 7300 block of Scottwood Avenue about 10:30 p.m., they said.

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Nov 02 2008

Boy Brings Bed Bug to School

Published by Dr. Bedbug under Bedbugs in the News

Parents of children who attend Washington Elementary School (Waterbury, Conn.) are encouraged to check their children and belongings for bed bugs due to a student who had brought the bugs with him to school. Administration sent letters home to each of the student’s parents informing them of the situation. Schools let parents know that they took care of the situation by removing the boy’s clothing and sanitizing it before returning it.

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Oct 31 2008

Johnson City Apartment Complex Tackling Bed Bug Infestation

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Source: tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/johnson_city_apartment_complex_tackling_bed_bug_infestation/14901/

Many of the 137 people who live at the John Sevier apartment building in Johnson City haven’t been sleeping all that tight for at least the last year-and-a-half. For months, the government housing apartment complex, home to seniors and people with disabilities, has been infested by bed bugs.

“Vampires are real,” Bryan Saunders said of the bed bugs that have crawled into his room. “They’ve evolved over the years into tiny, tick-size little bugs.”

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