NYC Department of Health tells press about movie theater bed bug complaint
The New York City Health Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) apparently received an anonymous tip last week that the UA Theater Sheepshead Bay 14 on Shore Parkway in Brooklyn had bed bugs....
View ArticleBed bugs invade New York City Department of Health offices
The New York Post reports that New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene workers are being bitten by bed bugs. Workers in the department’s tuberculosis-prevention unit complain that the...
View ArticleWashington D.C. Department of Health holding bed bug summit 3/27; also D.C....
According to the Washington City Paper’s City Desk: The summit is skedded for March 27 from 10:00 am to 3 pm at 441 4th Street NW, Room 1107. Get ready for a “dialogue on creative and effective...
View ArticleBed bugs in Washington, D.C.? Yes! And growing in number daily.
The Washington City Paper has a cover story today on bed bugs! In it, Audrey Dutton reports on the status of bed bugs in that city, and on the city’s plans to fight the problem. We have known there...
View ArticleBed bug Intro. 873 on WNYC today
Click here to listen to this brief news item on New York City Council’s Intro. 873 from WNYC news, New York. The tone of the item is dominated by the Health Department’s reminder that bed bugs are only...
View ArticleBed bug legislation in the U.S. House and in the Ohio House
In reference to the Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008, Budget Travel asks, “Should taxpayers fund the war against bed bugs?” The Act, H.R. 6068, is now in consideration by the House Subcommittee...
View ArticleBed Bug Awareness bill in Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio’s House introduced the following on Thursday June 12th, according to Fox 28 News: HB 590 BED BUG AWARENESS — To establish the Bed Bug Awareness, Education, and Prevention Program and to make an...
View ArticleNashua, NH Health Officers on prowl for bed bugs
I am delighted to report this news item from Patrick Meighan of the Nashua Telegraph in Nashua, New Hampshire. It’s a story about how Nashua city Health Officer Nelson Ortega and Deputy Health Officer...
View ArticleNY Daily News: bed bug epidemic attacks New York City
The lead story in the “News” section of today’s New York Daily News is on bed bugs. That’s good: it’s always good to see bed bugs in the news. It’s not a particularly helpful story, however. For...
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