Nigeria is exterminating rats in an effort to contain a deadly virus that causes bleeding from the eyes in humans. The Lassa fever, which is spread by the rodents, has killed 85 people in Nigeria ...

in particular the common African rat (Mastomys natalensis). It is now understood that Lassa fever is transmitted by these ...

The 62-year-old is part of a group of researchers tracking the deadly Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness endemic in several West African countries and transmitted by infected rats.

Third District Niagara County Legislator Christopher McKimmie has lived in Niagara Falls’ LaSalle neighborhood for more than a decade, but this year was the first time he had seen a rat in the area.

Lassa fever is a deadly viral hemorrhagic illness that lowers the platelet count in the blood and its ability to clot, ...

The 62-year-old belongs to a group of researchers tracking the deadly Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness endemic in several West African countries and transmitted by infected rats.

A Southern Indiana father was found guilty on three felony charges after his 6-month-old son “nearly died,” according to prosecutors, after suffering more than 50 untreated rat bites at the ...

On Jan. 23, 2019, the Nigerian government declared a state of emergency due to a Lassa fever outbreak. The disease is transmitted through contact with rat feces, can spread from person to person ...

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions and images of dogs hunting rats that could upset some readers. The sound of a rat screaming in the jaws of a terrier is the same sound that a ...

PEOPLE CAN PROTECT THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESSES. OKAY, SO I SEE ONE OVER HERE. RATS ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN SACRAMENTO. WE’RE JUST A GROUP OF FRIENDS AT THIS POINT WHO MEET UP ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH IN ...

For lack of money to buy the land to maintain the pens to house the rats to support the fleas in ... of a mild kind of typhus fever. Balked also was research on Rocky Mountain spotted fever ...

NEW YORK-- New York City is throwing millions of dollars at its rodent problem-- from studies on the best ways to store trash, to a rat czar appointed last year. So why are rodent-related ...