- The work of New York vs Bed Bugs has ended -- this site remains as an archive. We're making things simple and easier to maintain but we'll bring back the photographs our friends allowed us to use (perhaps you liked them too).
- Check out the innovative work of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force
- HPD has streamlined the registration page for its online bed bug course and is now offering community classes for non-profits and tenant groups. More details here.
- Featured interview: Steven W. Smollens on landlord / tenant litigation history in Bedbug City
Category Archives: Public Health
A pest of significant public health importance, cont’d
With people’s backs against the wall in various cities of the United States, the CDC and EPA pronounce themselves officially on the case of “alarming” U.S. bed bug resurgence: CDC-EPA Joint Statement on bed bug control in the U.S. What … Continue reading
Bite sensitivity, new data
The results of the bed bug bite survey we heard so much about are reported in this new article, The Sensitivity Spectrum: Human Reactions to Bed Bug Bites (PCT February 2010, Michael F. Potter, Kenneth F. Haynes, Kevin Connelly, Michael … Continue reading
#44
Not sure how I missed this but check out the CDC’s internal site search stats for 2009. Bed bugs rank #44 on the list of keywords, behind scabies, above smoking. 25,506 searches. Frustrated searchers to be sure. I’m good for … Continue reading
Ohio’s Section 18 exemption request, draft labels and public comment period
The Environmental Protection Agency has published Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Section 18 exemption request for propoxur in the Federal Register. The public comment period ends on January 21. The docket is EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0856. The notice: Propoxur; Receipt of Application for Emergency … Continue reading
Posted in Issues and Challenges, Public Health
Tagged bedbugs, EPA, Ohio, pesticides, propoxur, Section 18
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Australian medical entomologists on what GPs should know
Not everyday that you read this: Mental health impact One aspect of the medical affects of bed bug bites that is almost never addressed is the significant psychological distress caused by the bites. This is a very real health problem … Continue reading
So, it’s propoxur
Update: Federal Register notice published; public comment period ends January 21, 2010. When we noticed the talk about the active consideration by EPA of Section 18 emergency exemptions for bed bugs, it wasn’t clear which pesticides were being discussed. The … Continue reading
Posted in News, Public Health
Tagged bedbugs, Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force, EPA, Ohio, pesticides, propoxur, Section 18
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The city’s new flu portal
http://www.nyc.gov/flu This is one of the things we would want for bed bugs. I say this with humility. I know these are two different public health problems. And there are no comparable resources. But still. See also: our enthusiasm over … Continue reading
New guidance for bed bugs in health care facilities
A new article on bed bugs in health care facilities from Orkin and the American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) of the American Hospital Association is out: Pulling Back the Sheets on the Bed Bug Controversy: Research, Prevention and … Continue reading
“A continuous and sustained effort”: Q&A with Dr. Stephen W. Hwang
Dr. Stephen W. Hwang is a research scientist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health, the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of … Continue reading
New case report of severe anemia in a patient with an advanced infestation
A new Canadian Medical Association Journal article reports on a patient who was ultimately hospitalized with severe anemia “almost certainly caused by ongoing blood loss from multiple bedbug bites.” Pritchard, M.J. & Hwang, S.W., 2009. Severe anemia from bedbugs. CMAJ, … Continue reading
