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The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have identified a new bed bug aggregation pheromone, which acts as a powerful lure. A part of (LSHTM), Vecotech Ltd, have received a grant of £220, 034 to help commercialise the product. This...

The health risks associated with cockroach infestations seem to be mainly food contamination and allergic asthma, rather than transmitting a disease directly. This is according to a review of public health risks.

A takeaway food restaurant in Birkby is set to close for good after the owner admits 17 food and hygiene breaches. The owner of a rat-infested takeaway in Birkby has said that the premises will close for good next month after repeatedly not dealing with...

Scientists have discovered that biting insects such as mosquitoes, fleas and flies were spreading Malaria millions of years ago in the Jurassic era, which could have been fatal to dinosaurs and other prehistoric wildlife. Microorganisms that cause malaria...

A warning has been issued in the UK after an outbreak of the spruce bark beetle. These eight toothed pests are known to destroy conifer Christmas trees such as spruce, pine and fir. The outbreak was founded in several locations in the Ashford, Kent area....