A life-threatening bacterial infection typically spread through rat urine sickened a record number of people in New York City last year—and this year looks on track for another all-time high, the NYC ...

BRONX, New York -- There are three cases of a bacterial infection caused by rat urine, one of them fatal, in the Bronx according to city officials. According to the Borough President's Office, it is ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The city is seeing a rise in cases of human leptospirosis, a disease caused by rat urine, which if left untreated can cause kidney failure and liver damage. Last year the city saw ...

A new study has unveiled that many rats in the Southeastern United States (US) have been infected with a rat lungworm disease. Scientifically known as Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the adult form of ...

“I got really sick up there… I literally was dying," the 38-year-old reality TV star recalled on 'The Osbournes Podcast' Kevin Winter/Getty Jack Osbourne is recalling his near-death experience after ...

New York City is struggling with a record-breaking outbreak of a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection spread through exposure to rat urine, according to a recent report from the city’s ...