The average female bedbug can produce up to 400 offspring in her lifetime.
From August: Bedbugs spread in New York, keeping pest control companies busy. CNN's Mary Snow reports.
High-end clothing retailer Juicy Couture shut the doors of its Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan, New York, after employees discovered bedbugs there.
Lawmakers, government officials and industry leaders filled a room at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, not to talk about tax cuts or election results, but bedbugs, something many in the audience felt was just as important.
In the old days killing bedbugs was easy. If you saw one of the critters you'd waltz down to the local pharmacy, drop few bucks on a box of DDT, and zap, problem solved.
Love means never having to say you have bed bugs. CNN's Richard Roth found out the creepy crawlers add new dimensions to relationships.
You have heard of the seven-year itch in marriage. Now, the itch caused by bedbugs is causing relationships to come under even more pressure.
The USDA is trying to develop a pesticide to beat down an alarming resurgence in bed bugs. CNN's Kate Bolduan reports.
A hotel may tout a great location, tasteful decor and soft Egyptian cotton sheets, but for many people looking for a room these days no amenity can shake the dread of what could be lurking just out of sight.
Facing a sharp increase in bedbug cases, New York became the latest state Monday to require landlords to disclose an apartment building's bedbug infestation history within the previous year to potential tenants, according to a release from New York State Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal, who sponsored the bill.
A 25-screen movie theater in New York's bustling Times Square is the latest city business to shut down temporarily as it battles a bedbug infestation.
It's a wild, nasty world under the sheets.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has a message for bed bugs: "Drop dead!"
"There are bites all over my legs! Room 603, king nonsmoking room. Cheap but costly in the end!"
A bedbug outbreak at two trendy New York retail shops has sounded the alarm among city residents and businesses, prompting calls for the city to examine how it deals with the prickly pests.
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