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 is pushing for ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) – A potentially deadly disease found in rat urine is on the rise in New York City, according to health officials. The disease, called leptospirosis, can easily spread in a city ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 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 ...
Rats have for long been an unfamous staple of New York City, but their presence has lately gone from mostly unpleasant to a palpable danger as authorities reported a large increase in related ...