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 ...

Last year, African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of their extreme sense of smell. Carolina, an African giant ...

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 ...

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 ...