The airport says the outbreak is not shocking. Source: Fox News
Roaches force 2 restaurants to temporarily close (via WJXT)
Two restaurants were forced to temporarily shut down after inspectors found roaches at each place. Source: WJXT
Baltimore launches new program to eliminate rats in public housing (via baltimoresun.com)
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh on Wednesday announced a new program designed to eliminate rats in the city’s public housing units. Source: baltimoresun.com
Woman’s apartment in north Phoenix is being overrun by scorpions (via KNXV)
When you decide to live in the desert, you most likely understand some of your neighbors will be scorpions. It is the trade-off of being in the desert. Source: KNXV
Spencer Solves it: Mattress, furniture donated to KPRC2 viewer attacked by bed bugs (via KPRC)
Bed bugs are tiny, grotesque, crawling vampires. Source: KPRC
Efforts aim to limit the spread of fire ants in the US (via Associated Press)
They sting, damage crops and wildlife, and are extending their range in the United States. Source: Associated Press
Researcher finds new invasive ant species in Florida (via The Independent Florida Alligator)
Thomas Chouvenc identified a new invasive ant species in his Fort Lauderdale home. Source: The Independent Florida Alligator
Local women among several complaining of Lyme disease (via Daily Comet)
But so far, they say, doctors have not diagnosed the illness, saying it is rare in southeast Louisiana. Source: Daily Comet
West nile symptoms often go undetected (via The Brunswick News)
Dear Doctor: Amid all the talk about the Zika virus, I thought we’d stopped worrying about West Nile. Now I See that it’s back — or never left. What are the risks of this? Are they greater than Zika? Source: The Brunswick News
The forgotten mothers and babies of Zika (via CNN)
The Zika epidemic is not over, as shown through the eyes of these young Brazilian women fighting poverty and prejudice to raise their Zika-scarred babies. Source: CNN
