Bed bugs discovered in Vanderbilt University dormitory

Multiple Vanderbilt University students have been relocated after bed bugs were found in at least one room of a campus dormitory.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the university confirmed that a case of bed bugs had been "confirmed in a single room of a suite in the Carmichael Towers residential complex" and that they are investigating a "possible second case in an adjoining suite."

The university hasn't received any other reports of bed bugs on campus.

While Vanderbilt is following its unspecified protocol for eliminating the bed bugs, the university has moved the impacted students to other on-campus accommodations, according to the statement.

The university declined to elaborate on when the bed bugs were discovered or how many students have been affected.

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