Sixty years ago, we nearly wiped out bed bugs—but they’ve been making a steady comeback, and they’re stronger than ever.

Scientists mapped genomes of bed bug strains, identifying 729 mutations linked to insecticide resistance, offering insights ...

“Rubbing alcohol evaporates fast, so it won't kill bed bugs that come into contact with treated areas later,” Liakopoulos ...

Returning home with a fleet of bed ... bugs respond well (or rather, poorly) to heat treatment. The method raises the ambient temperature of infested homes (up to 135°F) in an effort to kill ...

and kill bed bugs and dust mites. Matthews suggests washing your sheets and blankets on a 140°F - 195°F wash for the best results. “Once you’ve deep cleaned the surface of your mattress ...

But they do proliferate quickly, die off fast and create a lot of debris from ... inside headboards”, Dr Naylor says. Fortunately, “bed bugs tend to be very predictable in terms of where ...

While experts say the upward trend goes back several years, some are getting jittery about bugs in the UK too ... furniture, bed frames, or behind loose wallpaper. Bites are the main thing ...

Its name? Cimex lectularius - aka the common bed bug. Turns out these creatures have tormented humans for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians, for example, used spells to try and fight the ...

A Wisconsin woman is suing a property owner and a Grand Strand resort after allegedly suffering bed bug bites during a summer stay. Milwaukee County resident Pamela Hullum was repeatedly bitten by ...

Scientists mapped near-gap-free and near-error-free genomes of a susceptible bed bug strain and a superstrain around 20,000 times more insecticide-resistant, offering the broadest look yet at the ...