Rat-transmitted diseases can be passed to humans through direct contact or breathing in dust contaminated with rat urine or droppings, or via a flea bite from an infected rat, NEA states on its ...

A disabled young woman said she was left ‘shocked and distressed’ after being bitten by a rat in broad day light outside a ...

A young woman has described how a rat climbed up her wheelchair and bit her on the hand in broad daylight in Belfast city ...

A young woman has shared her horrifying experience of a rat climbing up her wheelchair and biting her hand in broad daylight ...

The dangers fall into two categories. The first are diseases that spread directly through contact with infected rats or other rodents. This can come directly through a bite or being scratched, which ...

A DISABLED woman has spoken of her horror after being bitten by rat in broad daylight. Terrified Alex Bull told how the beast “took a chunk” out of her finger outside a shopping centre in Belfast ...

Pianist Betsy Arakawa died one week before her husband, whose Altzheimer's meant he would have been unable to help her ...

Over 2,200 kg of watermelon found with fungus, rat bites, and rot were disposed of. Food safety officer K Nandhagopal, said, “Based on orders from Collector R Sadheesh, Sujatha has been ...

Rats are taking over our nation ... to deal with the destructive pests, which spread disease, contaminate food with urine and feces, bite people and pets, chew through wiring in homes and ...

Hackman had heart disease and complications caused by ... It can also spread through a mice or rat bite or scratch. However, it is less common to get hantavirus from a bite than from rodent ...