A NASA engineer let bed bugs bite him so we can all sleep better. Here's what he learned.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/bed-bug-myths-debunked-ex1

#HotelsandTravelLodgings #Bedbugs Help! We Got Bedbug Bites in France, and the Luxury Hotel Won’t Admit It. http://is.gd/GVCa8X

#safely eradicate #parasites via #gene-drive
#medical : lice, scabies : #gene_drive
#lice (body, pubic, head) & #mites (' #scabies ') and #bedbugs have no #natural_predators , it would be fantastically amazing to have a #genedrive to #eradicate the sometimes-lethal insects. Last year, it was widely reported, one on the east coast had died -- was literally eaten alive by a parasite colony in jail. No treatment had been granted, despite repeat complaints. More recently, prisoners in #ice jails, families & children in #Gaza , and held in #Israeli #prisons have reported being deliberately #infected with scabies and lice, suffering horribly. Also #RX #treatment_resistance - much like #antibiotic_resistance w #superbugs - to conventional RX (#antiparasitics ) has skyrocketed: in late 1990s, efficacy was ~97% in USA. But a decade ago by 2016, dropped to ~35%. Today, the identical treatment is prescribed as 30 years ago. Finally, said #drugs = #neurotoxin #nerve_damage . A #genedrive could fix all of that. What is it? A gene edit which makes 100% of all offspring male: no females = inability to #reproduce and it perpetuates every generation so an edited male reproduces w nonedited female and all eggs become male, also carrying the gene-edit.... And eventually the colony depopulates entirely. A very fast & effective cure ..... versus.... a months-long hopeless battle dousing one's body in vinegar, daily, plus numerous other toxins & nerve damage. #genomics #genetics

A NASA engineer let bed bugs bite him in the name of science. Now we can all sleep better.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/rober-how-to-stop-bed-bugs-ex1

Google Responds to Potential Bed Bug Outbreak at Manhattan Offices

Google's Chelsea campus in Manhattan faced a potential bed bug outbreak, leading to swift action from the company. On October 19, 2025, Google's environmental, health, and safety team sent an email to employees, notifying them of 'credible evidence' of bed bugs found by exterminators and a sniffer d... [More info]

How to Get Rid of #BedBugs: Low-Cost, #DIY #Extermination Without #Toxic #Poisons

https://dengarden.com/pest-control/how-to-get-rid-of-bed-bugs-yourself

Jahaaaaaa. Mein letzter. 😂 🦟🦟🪳🦗🐜🦟🪲 #bedbugs

a cartoon character says so go...

@nev I highly recommend Infested. #SciComm #bedbugs https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22859694-infested

The medieval bedbug was also illustrated in the encyclopaedia of Thomas de Cantimpré (1201-1272). Its stench was said to be due to the sins of the lustful and was thought to disturb the heavens. #medievalmanuscripts #medievalbeasts #thomasdecantimpré #bedbugs #bedbug

@plaguepoems
Chagas disease should scare the shit out of people: giant #bedbugs that eat your brain 🧠

I am always surprised how many people #fly wearing shorts and skirts. It seems that people don’t know much about #bedbugs and #mites until they experience them… https://fortune.com/2025/01/05/bedbugs-more-common-on-planes-than-people-like-to-admit-cleaning-expert-says/

@SarraceniaWilds Diatomaceous earth, vast drifts of it piled against the wainscoting, puncturing their chitinous exoskeletons
#DiatomaceousEarth #wainscoting #bedbugs

Hämtar dottern på Arlanda. Tydligen fanns vägglöss där hon kommer ifrån. Är beredd m ombyte, bensin, tändstickor

#vägglöss #bedbugs

L. S. Miles et al., Were #BedBugs the first urban pest insect? Genome-wide patterns of bed bug demography mirror global human expansion, Biology Letters 21(5), 2025. 🔐💶

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0061

L. S. Miles et al., Were #BedBugs the first urban pest insect? Genome-wide patterns of bed bug demography mirror global human expansion, Biology Letters 21(5), 2025. 🔐💶 🏺 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Were bed bugs the first urban ...

Early Humans Settled in Cities. Bedbugs Followed Them.
A new study suggests that bedbugs were the first urban pest, and their population thrived in that environment. For the bloodsucking insects, it’s been the perfect 13,000-year-long marriage.

#bedbugs #history #insects

Looking at some travel logistics and… The New York City Department of Health has a guide about bed bugs that point blank recommends buying hard-case suitcases and storing them in the bathroom/bathtub. That's how bad it is. No jokes: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/bedbugs/bed-bugs-travel.pdf

#NewYork #bedbugs #publichealth #travel

Interesting to note that these types of pests really started with increasing human civilization, i.e., first big cities etc.
Bedbugs may be the first urban pest | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/bedbugs-may-be-first-urban-pest #science #bedbugs #genomics #evolution #urbanization