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.
Actually, I was wrong about the CDC. They also have these cool SEM photos in their Public Health Image Library (search for old cimex l. on this page).
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.
I check the CDC’s website from time to time. The only bed bug-related materials I ever find there are journal articles (the 2003 Toronto study, for example, and the nursing home article we’ve discussed). And they’ve always had these keys … Continue reading