WITH temperatures rising and the sun finally peaking through the clouds, many of us are spending more time in the garden. But it’s not just Brits soaking up the sunshine this spring – ...

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 ...

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, died of hantavirus. What is it? What are the symptoms? Are there any cases of Georgia?

A 76-year-old man from Canada was hospitalised with a severe bacterial infection after he was bitten by a rat in his bathroom ... the man had an infectious disease called leptospirosis.

Hantavirus comes from contact with rodents — such as rats and mice — especially after exposure to their urine, droppings, and saliva, according to the Centers for Disease Control. It can also spread ...

Rabies: Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite ... Program veterinary staff and the animal facility management staff. Rabies prevention post bite ...

The plague seems like a disease of a distant century, conjuring up the rat-infested cities of medieval ... The plague bacterium is carried to humans in the bite of a flea that has first feasted ...