Baking soda is commonly regarded as a DIY remedy for bed bugs, but does it actually kill them? To find out, we asked Sammy Wang, a senior scientist for P&G fabric care and Shay LaRue, a virtual ...

Having a bed bug 20,000 times more durable than past populations ... temperature of infested homes (up to 135°F) in an effort to kill off both the bugs and their eggs. The tactic isn’t 100 ...

A team of researchers led by Hidemasa Bono of Hiroshima University has sequenced the most complete insecticide-resistant bed bug genome to date and compared it to the genome of an insecticide ...

The general rule is to change your sheets every week or every fortnight (see how often you should wash your bed sheets for more) to remove dust, dirt and allergens, and kill bed bugs and dust mites.

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 ...