Berkeley declares health emergency as leptospirosis outbreak forces homeless encampment evacuations. Multiple rats and dogs ...

Watch out for this rat pack. Leptospirosis cases are on the rise, and after a health advisory was issued last week, New Yorkers are on high alert for the frightening disease that’s carried in rat ...

Bay Area Dogs at Risk From Potential Outbreak of a Deadly Disease, Officials Warn ...

As climate change continues, human cases of rat lungworm disease are anticipated to become more widespread globally, especially in places where the parasite that causes the disease is not yet present.

Awareness is key in preventing and treating rat lungworm, the prevalent and serious disease often found in East Hawaii residents. About 30 people attended the meeting at HPP’s community center to ...

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 the city ...

The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed a case of rat lungworm disease in an individual on the island of Kauai. Rat lungworm disease, a parasitic disease also known as neuroangiostrongyliasis, ...

Wyoming isn’t immune to a rat invasion like the infestation taking place in Boise that one exterminator called “a nuclear bomb of rats.” Spikes in ...

A bacterial disease that can potentially be fatal to both people and pets has been found in Alameda County for the first time ...