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Inbreeding in Bed Bugs is One Key to Massive Increases in Infestations

New research on the bed bug’s ability to withstand the genetic bottleneck of inbreeding, announced today at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) annual meeting, provides new clues to explain the rapidly growing problem of bed bugs across the United ...More
December 6, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Healthcare Providers Honored for Integrated Pest Management Excellence

Two healthcare organizations have been named 2011 Gold Medal IPM Partner Award winners by Orkin, the IPM Institute of North America and the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) for their outstanding commitment to integrated pest management (IPM) partnerships. ...More
November 17, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Orkin Issues Statement on Recent Bedbugs Study

Orkin has released the following statement: As many of you may have seen recently in the news, a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a publication of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reports that Canadian scientists detected ...More
May 16, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Bedbugs Carrying MRSA is Bad News for Chicago

As if the recent resurgence of bedbugs wasn’t bad enough, Canadian researchers have found some of the little blood-sucking critters carrying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the potentially deadly superbug known as MRSA. Added to that, the researchers also found ...More
May 16, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Bedbugs as Vectors for Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Over the past 10 years in North America and western Europe, a resurgence of bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) has occurred. Although the basis for this resurgence is unclear, large bedbug infestations have been attributed to increased worldwide travel, altered insecticide ...More
May 11, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Battling the Bed Bug Epidemic

Mom’s comforting tuck-them-in-words — "Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite"— is becoming an impossible dream for millions of people as the world experiences a resurgence of an ancient scourge that is fostering human misery, financial burdens and the risk of exposure to ...More
March 9, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
AHE, Orkin Release Updated Recommended Practice for Integrated Pest Management

The Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE), formerly known as ASHES, has released an updated Recommended Practice for Integrated Pest Management (IPM), co-authored by experts from Orkin Commercial Services. Certified entomologists from Orkin teamed with AHE in ...More
February 28, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
ESA Members Discuss Bed Bug Issues at National Summit

Fifteen members of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) gave presentations at the second annual National Bed Bug Summit: Advancing Towards Solutions to the Bed Bug Problem, held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C. today, Feb. 2, 2011. ...More
February 2, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Bed Bugs May Hitch a Ride on Previously Owned Items

Think twice before combing the alleyways and resale stores for a bargain – one man’s trash may be more than a treasure, as several Chicagoans recently discovered. "A family came in covered in bedbug bites from infested ‘free’ furniture they found in an abandoned apartment," ...More
November 18, 2010
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
1 in 10 Americans Touched by Bed Bug Problem

Despite media reports that make it seem like the country has been overrun by bed bugs, most Americans seem to be taking this latest scare in stride, with about 1 in 10 respondents in a nationwide survey saying they or someone they know has had a bed bug problem. That number ...More
November 17, 2010
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene

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