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 […] ...
two had severe lung disease, and one ended up dying. What’s probably the most common way of getting infected with Leptospira interrogans in NYC? Well, urine for a surprise. It’s rat urine.
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 ...
"Not only are rodents unsightly and can traumatize your day, but they're a real health-related crises," Mayor Eric Adams said. Last year was a record year for rat disease. From 2001 to 2020 ...
Cases in New York are largely associated with exposure to materials contaminated with rat urine from the Norway rat. The disease can cause ... "The cold winters of NYC likely limit the extent ...
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 ...
a bacterial illness caused by rat urine. “We realize that not only are rodents unsightly and can traumatize your day, but there are real health-related crises that are attached,” Adams said.
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 "rat squad" is IA, Internal Affairs ... September 2020 leptospirosis infection (aka Weil's disease) from (regular) swimming in Great Ouse (river, Bedfordshire UK). Initial really bad flu ...