In this Aug. 25 photo, Delores Stewart displays bed bugs found in her home in Columbus, Ohio. A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators.

AP Photo | Terry Gilliam

Here's a look at some of the top health news being talked about around the U.S. and the world today:

• Ohio authorities want the Environmental Protection Agency to approve a previously banned pesticide to fight a widespread bed bug infestation in Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, the Associated Press reported. The EPA banned the pesticide propoxur from in-home use in 2007. EPA officials are warning residents against using pesticides meant for outdoor use indoors; the practice has been blamed for recent house fires around the country.

• A paper from the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests the sober die sooner than moderate drinkers, Time Magazine reported. The study followed 1,824 participants over 20 years. Sixty nine percent of the never-drinkers died over that time, 60 percent of the heavy drinkers and 41 percent of the moderate drinkers. Drinking one to three alcoholic drinks per day is considered moderate.

• The National Institutes of Health ordered its in-house researchers to halt experiments with human embryonic stem cells, The Washington Post reported. That followed a temporary injunction issued by a federal judge last week that banned the federal government from funding research that includes human embryonic stem cells. The Justice Department has said it will appeal.

Juliana Keeping is a health and environment reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at julianakeeping@annarbor.com or 734-623-2528. Follow Juliana Keeping on Twitter