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 ...

New York City officials issued a dire warning about the alarming rise of a disease spread by rat urine — after a record-high number of cases in 2023. Leptospirosis — spread by bacteria in the urine of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

New York City health officials issued a warning about the increase in transmitted bacterial illness spread by rat urine after 24 cases were reported in 2023, the most for any year. Only six cases of ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Of the 24 people sickened in New York City last year from leptospirosis, a disease caused by rat urine, five of those cases were garbage collectors. The union for Department of ...

Jack Osbourne revealed there was a time he was near death after contracting leptospirosis, a bacterial disease caused by rat urine. During the April 23 episode of “The Osbournes Podcast,” he and his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watch out for this rat pack. Leptospirosis cases are on the rise, and after a health advisory was issued last week, New Yorkers ...

Human infections from rat urine are on the rise in New York City. The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene issued a health advisory, saying there were 24 reported cases of human leptospirosis ...