Here are seven things to know about the virus and the investigation, from the CDC and state health departments. 1. Seoul virus is a type of hantavirus carried by Norway rats, both wild and ...

It's been almost three weeks since a team of veterinarians and health officials wearing hazmat suits came into Debbie Fratini's Chicago-area home and killed all 31 of her beloved pet rats. Although ...

Thirteen people in eight states have contracted the Seoul virus, a virus carried by wild and domestic rats, according to the most recent CDC update on the outbreak. The following states have reported ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A new study indicates COVID-19 mutations have been found in New York City's rat population. The report by scientists at the University of Missouri and the USDA identified the ...

Health officials have issued a warning over the spread of a potentially fatal rat-borne virus in Arizona and other Southwestern states. The virus, known as hantavirus, caused three deaths in Arizona ...

James Cagney might call these "dirty, double-crossing rats," but they're likely not dirty, and they don't mean to do it. But according to the CDC, pet rats can carry and pass along a type of ...

Doctors and scientists reported a case of Seoul virus infection in a woman. The Seoul virus belongs to the hantavirus family and can be transmitted by rats. In their publication of the case in the ...

Rats, whose populations in cities exploded during the pandemic, have now joined the list of wildlife believed to be capable of catching and transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19, new research ...

Was the great Chicago Rat Hole of 2024 actually made by a rat? Researchers who looked at the imprint in the sidewalk slab say "probably not!" KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, ...

A young California man died from the same rare rodent-linked virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife in February — with health officials discovering rat droppings at his workplace following his untimely ...