NEW YORK-- There is a new phase in New York City's war on rats after the Health Department warned that in 2023 rat-related sickness soared to the highest level in a single year. They are ...
The disease, “leptospirosis,” is spread by contact with rat urine. The health department reported 24 cases of it last year, five of which were sanitation workers. Their union […] ...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams detailed plans to get trash bags off the streets, saying "plastic bags mean rodents" Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...
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 ...
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The New York City Department of Health is urging providers to be aware of a continued uptick in a potentially deadly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – The union representing New York City sanitation workers is demanding action after five garbage collectors got sick with a potentially deadly disease. The disease ...
The New York City Department of Health is urging providers to be aware of a continued uptick in a potentially deadly rat-transmitted bacterial illness that can infect both humans and pets.
After rat-related disease, NYC union calls for more protection Dan Mannarino April 25, 2024 at 10:05 AM Link Copied Read full ... The disease, “leptospirosis,” is spread by contact with rat urine.