Move over Mickey and Minnie Mouse — there’s new vermin in the house, claims a skin-crawling lawsuit accusing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts of two counts of negligence. David Besse is seeking damages exceeding $50,000 after he “was bitten numerous times by cimicidae (‘bed bugs’)” during his stay at Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort on May … Read more
Theater review BUG One hour and 55 minutes, with one intermission. At the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th Street. Typically in a theater, crickets mean calmness. Here’s our cue to settle in for a meaningful summer’s night chat on a porch. Or, when the word is used in a review of a play, … Read more
Most people don’t spare a thought for their blood type unless they’re in need of a transfusion — but could yours hold secrets to your health? And is one better than the others? There are four main blood types: A, B, AB, and O. Seventyfour – stock.adobe.com The short answer: No, there is no “best” … Read more
Talk about being bitten by the travel bug. A newlywed’s honeymoon took a terrifying turn when insect bites triggered an “insane reaction” that left her legs and feet covered in pus-filled blisters so painful she could barely walk. “It’s going to terrify me every time I go away from now on!” Tiktoker @thelifeofzo_ admitted in … Read more
The Big Apple may be overrun with rats and roaches, but bed bugs are becoming less of an issue across the five boroughs, per a new report. Pest control company Orkin has released its 2025 list of Worst US Cities for Bed Bugs, with New York falling 13 spots since last year. In 2024, the … Read more
A kiss might steal your heart — but this one could stop it. Health experts are warning about a deadly parasitic infection spread by so-called kissing bugs, which have now been found in 32 states across the country. At least eight Americans have caught Chagas disease through local transmission, leading scientists to urge the CDC … Read more
Buggin’ out? There’s a hot new way to stop the itch. Powered by your smartphone, the pocket-sized gadget skips creams and chemicals in favor of heat to soothe insect bites. The Post spoke with Dr. David Bank, a board-certified dermatologist, to find out how the tiny tool works and other smart ways to stop scratching … Read more
A family was banned from boarding their flight because airline staff were suspicious of insect bites on their son’s leg. Expat Jonathan Arthur, 34, and his wife Xun Sun, 35, were flying from Shanghai Pudong Airport to London Heathrow for a family wedding. They noticed some insect bites on one-year-old son Joseph as they went … Read more
Swarms of bugs have taken over an area of Tuscany, Italy, as officials work to combat the infestation ahead of the busy tourist season. Midges have overwhelmed the beachy enclave of Orbetello, the Associated Press (AP) reported. Midges are harmless small flies that resemble mosquitoes and often “dance together” in the air in huge swarms, … Read more
A mom was “minutes away from death” and had to learn to walk again after her chest pains turned out to be a flesh-eating bug ravaging her pancreas. Sam Lewis, 38, had been to the doctors three times with a pain in her chest before doctors found a gallstone blocking her bile duct. After being … Read more
This baker was buggin’ over a frightening find in her flour. TikTok user @jennaliveswell has been left horrified after uncovering bugs in a jar of flour — and is now warning people to check their powder before whipping up Christmas cakes and cookies. “No,” Jenna gasped in her viral video as she zoomed in on … Read more
Little Rascals star Brandon “Bug” Hall is facing backlash after he quipped that his newborn son will be his “heir” and his oldest daughters were described as “dishwashers.” Hall, who starred as Alfalfa Switzer in the 1994 film, sparked fan outrage when he announced the first of his fifth child and first son, Mark Athanasius … Read more
Talk about a software bug. A tech expert discovered “an unusually ‘scary’ vulnerability” in the Apple Vision Pro headset which lets hackers flood your virtual reality with spiders, bats and other spooky terrors. In other words, while sitting calmly in your living room with the headgear on, an army of arachnids may pop out of … Read more
Pete McBride was in a bad way. Swallowing hard and unable to speak, he was fading in the 112°F heat of the Grand Canyon and his walking partner Kevin Fedarko was worried. But when McBride removed his shirt, Fedarko was taken aback, as he writes in “A Walk in the Park: The True Story of … Read more
An Australian woman has recounted her nightmare cruise ship experience after being attacked by bed bugs. Monica Robertson said she booked “Pacific Encounter” with P&O cruises because she thought it would be the perfect way to celebrate her mom’s 70th. But the moment they stepped into their room on the cruise liner, they knew something … Read more
It’s a noro-easter. The norovirus, a hyper-contagious stomach bug, is sweeping across the Northeast, causing schools to shutter and citizens to suffer from violent diarrhea and other alarming symptoms. “It is incredibly contagious,” Dr. Alfred Sacchetti from Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, told ABC News. “Just one particle of the … Read more
This list is sure to make your skin crawl. Orkin, a pest control company, has released their annual ranking of the most bed bug-infested cities in the US. The notorious list is based on the metro areas where the company provided the most treatments for the unwanted pests in the last year. Chicago took the … Read more
Dress right, don’t let the bed bugs bite. Amid the biblical bed bug infestations sweeping Europe, travelers are resorting to extreme measures to keep these pesky bloodsuckers at bay. Recently, a train passenger went viral after donning a full hazmat suit like an Ebola worker to ride the rails around the continent, as seen in … Read more
A video has surfaced showing multiple mattresses piled up and littering a street in Paris, France, amid a current bedbug infestation. Aarya Bondge, an 18-year-old fashion student, was walking home from class when she noticed the collection of mattresses on the street. Bondge told SWNS that some looked to be new and some looked to … Read more
A potentially deadly form of typhus that’s spread by chiggers has been detected in the United States for the first time. Scientists from the CDC discovered that chiggers — also called trombiculid mites — in North Carolina parks are infected with the bacteria that causes scrub typhus. Scrub typhus can cause severe multi-organ failure if … Read more