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Rat Urine Causing Rise in Cases of Flu-Like Illness in NYC: 'It's a Real Problem'
People Magazine· 1 day agoNew York City is battling a rat problem — and Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday the city is working to...
Rat urine is causing uptick in rare disease among New York sanitation workers.
USA Today· 6 hours agoA year after New York City anointed a czar for its war on rats, health officials are seeing a jump...
NYC issues warning of infectious disease spread by rat urine after record year of reported cases
Fox News via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoSome 3 million rats call New York City home, according to a study by a pest company. In December,...
New York City concerned about rise of rat urine-related illness and even death
WLTX-TV Columbia· 1 day agoThe Health Department is warning of a worrisome increase in the number of infectious leptospirosis...
War on rats: Could birth control be the antidote to New York’s rodent problem?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“There are more effective and more humane ways to deal with rats.” Every generation of New Yorkers...
Life-threatening rat pee infections reach record levels in NYC
Ars Technica· 1 day agoA life-threatening bacterial infection typically spread through rat urine sickened a record number...
3k and pre-k budget cuts driving NYC kids out of public schools, advocates say
CBS News· 1 day agoEarly childhood is the foundation for life long learning, and teaches a child how to learn. This...
NYC to look at birth control for rats to combat rodent population
New York Post· 7 days agoMayor Eric Adams who declared war on rats when he took office is taking a “whole-of-government...
New York mulls rat birth control to tackle infestation
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOfficials in New York are considering putting local rats on birth control as part of a “shock-and...
On Patrol With the New York City Rat Czar
New York Magazine· 4 days agoOne sunny afternoon in March, the city’s rat czar, Kathleen Corradi, came to Seward Park to survey her domain. It was treatment time for some rat burrows...
