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The Highway Rat

Short animated film. A greedy rat travels the highway in search of other animals' food, before his sweet tooth finally leads him to a sticky outcome. Show more An animated family film based on the ... read more

Rat Urine Causing Rise in Cases of Flu-Like Illness in NYC: 'It's a Real Problem'

Her work has previously appeared in Billboard, Forbes, and Reader's Digest. Getty New York City is battling a rat problem — and Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday the city is working to address the ... read more

Human infections from rat urine on the rise in New York City

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has released a health advisory about human leptospirosis -- an infection that is associated to exposure to rat urine. read more

Rat urine-related sickness in New York City soared to the highest level ever in 2023. Here's what's being done.

New York City health officials are warning of a worrisome increase in the number of leptospirosis cases from contact with rat urine. read more

Rat urine is causing uptick in rare disease among New York sanitation workers.

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 ... read more

Boston's rat traps are getting a new look thanks to some local artists

BOSTON - An art festival in Allston and Brighton is looking to bring some beauty to the neighborhood's rat problem. They are paying artists $100 to decorate ten rat traps that will be placed in ... read more

Northgard: Dodsvagr, Clan of the Rat

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Northgard: Dodsvagr, Clan of the Rat Welcoming in wounded and outcast villagers who have been forced out of their original clans without hesitation or ... read more

New York City seeing uptick in rat urine illness

Rat urine is to blame for an uptick in flu-like illnesses across New York City, according to mayor Eric Adams. Leptospirosis is a potentially deadly bacterial infection that can be contracted ... read more

The Creepy Side of Travel: 10 Stories

Rat Poison and Urinating Women ... into a motel before returning their rental van and flying home. They quickly unpacked their belongings and went to sleep, only to wake up to find a tea kettle ... read more

Man Sent to the ICU After Being Bitten by Toilet Rat

A Canadian man found a rat in his toilet, and his month only got worse from there. In a recent case report, the man’s doctors described how he contracted an unusual and severe infection from bei ... read more

Boston aims (seemingly perennially) to tackle its rat problem

Rats and mice feel pain and fear as much as any dog or cat. Since humans are largely responsible for Boston’s rat “problem,” the least we can do is not subject the rats to prolonged and ... read more

NYC issues warning of infectious disease spread by rat urine after record year of reported cases

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 ... read more