France’s Transport Ministry and Paris's town hall on Friday launched a battle plan to fight bed bugs that have recently appeared in public transport and cinemas.

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing c.mayer@newsweek.com Skin-crawling video footage has laid bare the scale of the bedbug infestation afflicting the French capital, Paris, with the pests ...

Here's everything you need to know... What's happening in Paris? Bed bugs aren't a new problem in France's capital - but things seem to have got worse recently. They have been spotted in homes ...

Now, reports of bed bugs on public transport are getting so bad that the government is sending in sniffer dogs to hunt down the pests on Paris' trains and subway cars. Clément Beaune, France's ...

Every year, hordes of tourists descend upon Paris with a shortlist ... resistance to pesticides. “Bed bugs are a costly nuisance for households in metropolitan France, considering the expense ...

There is “ia bedbug panic in Paris” right now, she says. Bedbug numbers in France have surged in 2023 ... which could lower the rate at which the bugs spread. The mayor of Paris is involved ...

(She brought a vial of bed bugs with her into the chamber, presumably in an effort to strengthen her point.) Elevating these concerns is the looming Summer Olympics, which will take place in Paris ...

Amid the bed bug crisis, Paris streets are filled with contaminated mattresses. The bedbug outbreak began recently in Paris — and many are concerned with what the bugs could be spreading.

But with the Paris Olympics less than a year away ... needs to put an action plan in place against this scourge as France is preparing to welcome the Olympic and Paralympic games in 2024 ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 17, 2023) In the past month, Paris, France has witnessed a surge in bed bug populations. From public transportation to hotels, hostels, and movie theatres, bed bugs are ...