New York City NYC issues warning of infectious disease spread by rat urine after record year of reported cases There were 24 cases of leptospirosis reported across New York City in 2023, the most ...

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 – 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 concerned about illness and even death related to rat urine 03:07. NEW YORK-- There is a new phase in New York City's war on rats after the Health Department warned that in 2023 rat ...

Infectious disease spread by rat urine seeps into NYC after record high 2023: officials By . Jesse O’Neill. Published April 15, 2024, 4:45 p.m. ET. Aw, rats!

Local cases of the infectious disease leptospirosis, which in New York City is largely associated with exposure to rat urine, are continuing to trend upward, the city’s health department warned ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Of the 24 people sickened in New York City last year from leptospirosis, a disease caused by rat urine, five of those cases were garbage collectors. The union for Department of ...

Finding COVID-19 in NYC rodents has sparked concerns about the disease spreading from vermin to humans. Researchers found over 16% of the rats used were exposed to the virus. According to Fox 5 ...

Life-threatening rat pee infections reach record levels in NYC Between 2001 and 2020, there was an average of 3 cases per year. Last year's tally was 24.

This is a bacterial disease spread through rodent urine. NYC has had a recent uptick. Between 2006 and 2020, humans got only an average of three cases per year of leptospirosis, but in 2021, the ...

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 ...

Last year was a record year for rat disease. From 2001 to 2020, New York City was averaging just three cases of human leptospirosis per year. That jumped to 24 cases last year and there have been ...