Thursday November 20 2008 - 02:19 PM - Source: CTV.ca

City officials have seen a 1,000 per cent increase in calls about bed bugs in the last eight months. Last year, the City of Toronto received about 144 calls about bed bugs. This year, the city has fielded nearly 1,500 complaints so far.

Wednesday November 19 2008 - 02:20 PM - Source: Cleveland NewsNet5.com

A Case Western Reserve University law student filed a lawsuit this week against Reserve Square Apartments. He said his apartment is infested with bedbugs.

Sunday November 16 2008 - 02:23 PM - Source: The Boston Globe

Leonina Heringer of Somerville, 55, is on a mission to help people identify bed bugs and tells them how to prepare for treatment. Just last week, she called to prod the city's inspection service office after a resident told her they had missed an appointment.

Monday November 10 2008 - 04:53 PM - Source: FOX5 News

A complaint about dirty mattresses on the sidewalk turned into chaos when Fox 5's John Deutzman went to check things out. Along the way, he says he learned some creepy things about bed bugs, old mattresses and how sensitive people in the controversial used mattress business can be.

Monday November 10 2008 - 04:49 PM - Source: Philadelphia Business Journal

Colleges and universities all over the country are battling a virtual bed bug epidemic. According to noted entomologist Richard Cooper from BedBugCentral.com, college dormitories are the perfect setting for these pests to feed and breed.

Monday November 03 2008 - 05:32 PM - Source: WKYT.com

For months residents at the Ballard Griffith Apartment towers have been living with bed bugs. Now, the towers are becoming a polling location on Election Day.

Wednesday October 29 2008 - 03:51 PM - Source: KOB.com New Mexico

Keeping the bed bugs from biting has been a challenge at one Four Corners motel.

Monday October 27 2008 - 04:32 PM - Source: WFSB Eyewitness News Ch.3

In Waterbury, Connecticut, parents are being urged to check their children after officials said a student went to school with bed bugs.

Wednesday October 22 2008 - 03:31 PM - Source: Cinncinati.com

Cincinnati police officers and firefighters who unwittingly broughtbed bugs from their jobs into their homes should get financial help to get rid of the pests, City Council says.

Friday October 17 2008 - 02:09 PM - Source: U.S. News and World Report

Between 2001 and 2006, commercial "bug bomb" insect deterrents caused 466 cases of acute pesticide-related illness or injury in eight states, U.S. researchers reported Thursday

Thursday October 16 2008 - 02:59 PM - Source: KCTV 5 Missouri

A family new to the area said they complained about what was crawling in their sheets at a Kansas City motel and then found themselves evicted.

Wednesday October 15 2008 - 01:56 PM - Source: WHAS ABC Channel 11

Bed bugs were once considered all but eradicated, but exterminators say the bugs are making a comeback. If you buy a new bed, you may think you don’t have to worry about bed bugs, but that isn’t always the case.

Tuesday October 14 2008 - 03:37 PM - Source: CBCNews.ca

A Toronto municipal councillor wants the city's health board to take steps to declare the growing problem of bed bugs a "health hazard" because of the physical and physiological effects that they have on infested individuals.

Wednesday October 08 2008 - 09:39 AM - Source: The Quindecim

On Sunday, September 28 all 94 Goucher residents of the Dulaney Valley Apartments were e-mailed and told they would not be moving into the unfinished Quarter, but would be moved out of their apartments immediately due to confirmed rumors of a bed bug infestation.

Monday October 06 2008 - 01:52 PM - Source: The Star

Residents of our Northern neighbor, like Maxine Davidson, struggle with bed bugs invading their homes just as us in the USA. Read more about how Canadians are handling bed bug infestations.

Friday October 03 2008 - 10:43 AM - Source: www.Newsday.com

New Jersey lawmakers want to do something about the things that go bite in the night.

Friday October 03 2008 - 10:35 AM - Source: NBC 5

Itchy pests are invading some Middletown homes, but a new detection method is helping to root out the problem.

Thursday October 02 2008 - 02:18 PM - Source: The Beacon

Recently some Wilkes University residents have learned to take the old cliche, "Don't let the bed bugs bite," as gospel.

Wednesday September 10 2008 - 04:23 PM - Source: Press of Atlantic City

Bed Bugs are not the only pest that can be inserted into the phrase "Sleep Tight, Don't let the ... Bite"

Wednesday September 03 2008 - 03:30 PM - Source: MSNBC

Laptops, textbooks and new jeans are among the must-haves for college students heading back to campus, but the most common back-to-school item may well be the blood-sucking bedbug.

Friday August 29 2008 - 09:01 AM - Source: NBC Today Show

Bed Bugs are greeting some college students as they head back to school. TODAY's Matt Lauer talks to Entomologist Richard Cooper about avoiding the pests.

Thursday August 28 2008 - 01:13 PM - Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle

As reported in the Brooklyn Eagle, Brooklyn complaints to the city about bedbugs have surged more than 1,900 percent since 2004.

Monday August 25 2008 - 12:35 PM - Source: CBS Early Show

Colleges are ground zero for bedbugs, so students need to study up on how to avoid them. Richard Cooper, author of ''The Bedbug Handbook,'' shares tips with Maggie Rodriguez.

Thursday August 21 2008 - 02:53 PM - Source: USA Today

Greg Toppo of USA Today reports that Bed Bugs are on the rise in college dormatories across the United States.

Monday July 07 2008 - 05:58 AM - Source: Pest Control Technology Magazine

PCT's Brad Harbison caught up with bed bug expert Rick Cooper, technical director, Cooper Pest Solutions, to find out his bed bug field observations from having treated many accounts in New York City and New Jersey.

Thursday May 29 2008 - 09:42 AM - Source: Pest Control Technology Magazine

Pest Control Technology's Brad Harbison talks with Christian Hardigree, professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an expert on bed bug legal issues.

Monday May 19 2008 - 08:53 AM - Source: NBC Dallas

Preventing bed bugs from traveling home with the unsuspecting vacation or business traveler is the focus of NBC KXAS Dallas in its news story, “Keep Bed Bugs From Hitching a Ride Home”.

Tuesday March 18 2008 - 09:00 AM - Source: NBC Dallas

This is a letter written by Richard Cooper expressing his concern regarding an article written by David Segal (Washington Post).

Tuesday February 05 2008 - 03:17 AM - Source: NBC Dallas

A review of the book "Bed Bugs Uncovered" - Reviewed by Bart Jones.

Tuesday January 01 2008 - 10:19 AM - Source: NBC Dallas

Richard Cooper presented reserach to the National Entomological Society of America (ESA) in December 2007, comparing the leading mattress encasements that are advertised as being effective in bed bug management.

Tuesday August 28 2007 - 03:59 AM - Source: Pest Control Technology Magazine

Tuesday August 28 2007 - 03:38 AM - Source: Association for Progressive Rental Organizations

Thursday June 28 2007 - 03:40 AM - Source: New Jersey Apartment Association

Tuesday May 01 2007 - 03:44 AM - Source: New Jersey Apartment Association