A new strain of the hepatitis E virus that usually only infects rats is now sickening people in Hong Kong, with nearly a dozen human cases reported so far, according to news reports. But exactly how ...

(CNN) — The millions of Norway rats that live alongside New Yorkers are among the animals that can catch the virus that causes Covid-19, a new study says. However, reports of the virus spreading from ...

They nibble through anything near the ground – rubbish and cars – and even bite sleeping children’s fingers. The area provides all the conditions rats need to thrive. The sewerage system and taps leak ...

SLUNG OVER Pen Keo’s shoulder is a big wicker basket containing wire-mesh traps, which he lays, one by one, on a rice field where rats are known to scamper. There are so many traps there already, it ...

A Brooklyn dog has taken the city’s rat problem into her own paws. Luna, a 7-year-old, 31-pound Schnauzer-mix, has caught and killed more than 200 of the rodents since early 2023. “She is like the ...

Nearly a dozen cases of humans contracting rat hepatitis have been reported so far. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new strain ...