African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hantavirus is spread by rats and mice and can cause a severe and potentially deadly lung disease called Hantavirus Pulmonary ...

Hantavirus, spread through rats, has claimed 4 lives in the US. "HPS is a severe and potentially deadly disease that affects the lungs. Symptoms of HPS usually start to show 1 to 8 weeks after ...

Rats show no symptoms of the virus, but it can be very dangerous for people, and in severe cases, it's deadly. In December 2016, a Wisconsin-based rat-breeder with around 100 Norway rats at home ...

How does rat poison end up in a Tasmanian devil? Quolls and Tasmanian devils are carnivores. They eat mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, finding food by hunting—or by scavenging dead ...

JOHOR BARU: Johor has recorded a spike in leptospirosis (rat urine disease) cases with 228 as of this month compared with 205 in 2016, said state health, environment, information and education ...