Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon. Now, Drew Oliver thinks it's time for bacteria, viruses and other maligned microorganisms to share the love.

As bed bugs steal national headlines, their less notorious cousins are reeking havoc here in Eugene.

First it was bed bugs, now another "creepy crawly" is making its way to Oregon homes: brown marmorated stink bugs, an Asian native producing hundreds of eggs each, per year.

First it was bed bugs, now another "creepy crawly" is making its way to Oregon homes: brown marmorated stink bugs, an Asian native producing hundreds of eggs each, per year.

The Idaho State Journal reports that officials are now considering temporarily moving all the tenants to a hotel so the entire apartment complex can be treated. That could cost as much as $60,000.

They are called Cimex Lectularius or "Bed Bugs," and they are not just part of a catchy nursery rhyme. They are very real and very thirsty -- for your blood.

The federal government is waking up to what has become a growing nightmare in many parts of the country - a bed bug outbreak.