The New York City Health Department is investigating a woman’s claims that she found a dead rat in a takeout salad that she ...

"The only way we are successful is getting an educated public change in behaviors." New York implements innovative new ...

Rats and other rodents directly transmit 11 diseases, according to ... from the paper was clear — related rats tend to stick together. In New York and New Orleans, rats showed the highest ...

As Suzanne Reisman explains on her Garbage and Rats in NYC walking tour ... Those unsanitary conditions led to disease and water contamination. Throughout the years following, garbage collection ...

New York City has a pest problem so prolific ... which can carry and spread parasites and disease, rats in the city are still frequently seen on the subway, in trash cans, and simply walking ...

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- The New York City health Department is ... it could have been rat poison, it could have been disease, any number of things," Rasbach said. She rushed to the doctor ...

A parasitic worm that infects rats has established a new population ... among other outlets. Based in NYC, she also remains heavily involved in dance and performs in local choreographers' work.

A parasite called rat lungworm, which can get into people ... snails or vegetables out of home gardens, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Several of the infected are very ...