Feel more energetic in summertime? So do common house pests. Some, like stinkbugs, are merely gross; others, such as wasps and roaches, pose health risks. And then there are carpenter ants and termites, which can cause thousands of dollars of damage to your property.
Targeting social service agencies that serve low-income, minority and immigrant neighborhoods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $550,000 in bed bug-control education and prevention grants, the agency announced Thursday.
An online web portal and tough new regulations take aim at the creepy friend who's terrorized New York in recent years -- the bedbug.
Battling bedbugs
updated: Thu Feb 17 2011 06:24:00
CNN's Ayesha Durgahee looks at a some of the unconventional ways to detect and kill bedbugs.
Mention bedbugs and the natural reaction is to shudder and start scratching.
The average female bedbug can produce up to 400 offspring in her lifetime.
New York fashion retailer Juicy Couture reopened its 5th Avenue store in Manhattan on Friday, after shutting its doors earlier this week when employees discovered bed bugs.
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.
The imam whose proposed Islamic center near ground zero has stirred a passionate controversy is now the defendant in a lawsuit, according the paperwork filed Tuesday at Hudson County Superior Court.
Bill Maher sounds off on the Islamic center controversy, the war on terror and U.S. relations with nonradical Muslims.
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.
A story surfaced about authorities finding $3 million in cash on a bus bound for Mexico recently. How did they find such a large sum of money hiding on the bus? With a cash-sniffing dog. Wait, dogs can sniff out cash? Specially trained ones can.
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