but they're a real health-related crises," Mayor Eric Adams said. Last year was a record year for rat disease. From 2001 to 2020, New York City was averaging just three cases of human ...

a disease that rats can pass to humans through their urine. Though the disease isn’t common in New York City, cases have been increasing, according to the city’s health department. Parsons ...

A new study by scientists at the University of Missouri and the USDA identified the virus in New York City rats and also found that some species of the notoriously disease-riddled animals are ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11 ... collectors got sick with a potentially deadly disease. The disease, “leptospirosis,” is spread by contact with rat urine. The health department reported 24 ...

NEW YORK – A year after New York City anointed a czar for its war on rats, health officials are seeing a jump in cases of a rare disease linked to rat urine. Sanitation employees, who collect ...

For the last two weeks, Adam Schleser’s live “Rat Cam” has captured rodents scurrying over beams, screeching, chewing, and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) – A potentially ...

Local cases of the infectious disease leptospirosis, which in New York City is largely associated with exposure to rat urine, are continuing to trend upward, the city’s health department warned ...

but they're a real health-related crises," Mayor Eric Adams said. Last year was a record year for rat disease. From 2001 to 2020, New York City was averaging just three cases of human ...

but they're a real health-related crises," Mayor Eric Adams said. Last year was a record year for rat disease. From 2001 to 2020, New York City was averaging just three cases of human ...

We asked two rat researchers what would happen if the rodents disappeared overnight. New York City has been touting ... because of their association with disease and rooting around in garbage ...

Warmer temperatures mean more rat sexy time and could lead to the spread of disease. New York City has a new, highly lethal method for treating rats. But this, like the many methods it's tried to ...