Others simply skip directly from rats to humans when we come into contact with their feces, urine, and saliva, including hantavirus, leptospirosis, rat bite fever, and salmonellosis. Now we’re ...

Cruise ship passengers stranded at sea are fearing for their lives after a deadly rodent virus killed three people on board, with a Briton also in critical condition. The World Health Organisation ...

FARMINGTON, N.M. — A 27-year-old mom has died of a rodent-borne disease called hantavirus, about three months after she first showed symptoms. Doctors at first thought that Kiley Lane of Aztec, N.M., ...

A mouse running across a garden wall or hiding behind old cardboard boxes may seem like a routine household problem. But in some cases, rodents can carry diseases that are far more serious than most ...

SAN ANTONIO – A hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has put a rare but deadly virus back in the headlines. While health experts say the risk to most Americans remains extremely low, the cluster ...

Spotting tiny droppings on your garage floor is unsettling, but it does not have to turn into an infestation. Here is how to stay safe while you work out what is really going on. You open the garage ...