Should regular, preventative pest-control programs be mandatory for all food establishments in Park Ridge? Source: chicagotribune.com
A deadly yellow fever outbreak in Brazil has travelers on alert (via KNXV)
Health officials are urging travelers headed to Brazil to get yellow fever vaccinations due to a recent deadly outbreak of the virus. Source: KNXV
Poor Women Of Color Bear The Brunt Of Zika Burden In Brazil (via HuffPost)
More than 2,000 babies in Brazil have birth defects associated with Zika. Source: HuffPost
Lincoln man says he found a mouse in his hotel bed (via Carly Jensen)
Syracuse is 45 minutes east of Lincoln, just off of highway 2. The first thing you See off the exit is the Syracuse Inn & Suites. The hotel has been under fire this week after a Lincoln man stayed there and said he woke up with a mouse in his bed. Source: Carly Jensen
Nobody Knows Why These Bees Built a Spiral Nest (via Live Science)
This Australian stingless bee builds spiral towers of its unborn young. That may be the least weird thing about it. Source: Live Science
Here’s Why People Say ‘Don’t Let The Bedbugs Bite’ (via HuffPost)
The origin of the creepy rhyme. Source: HuffPost
Lake family battles bed bug infestation and an absent landlord: A Greater Cleveland (via cleveland.com)
Juanita Lake is battling a bed bug infestation at the home that she and daughter Yvonne moved into a few months ago, but a non-responsive landlord has complicated the problem. Source: cleveland.com
Homeowners Say They Are Most Concerned About Ants in 2018 – WLTZ (via WLTZ)
They are important to nature. They’re also a problem. We’re talking about ants. According to a survey put out by Arrow Exterminators, ants are the number one pest concern for 2018. The survey by the pest and termite control company surveyed almost 2,000 adults across the country. Source: WLTZ
Oxygen therapy used as weapon in fight against Lyme disease (via ABC27)
Pennsylvania has the most cases of Lyme disease in the United States, twice as many as New York which has the second highest number of cases. Source: ABC27
Brazil’s yellow fever outbreak grows (via Press Herald)
Seventy people have died and the country’s health officials have planned to vaccinate citizens in the hopes of containing the disease. Source: Press Herald
