The plague sounds like a distant threat, but a small number of serious cases of the disease occur every year. Experts explain ...

It is not just a scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague still exists, though it is rare. Here’s what to look for and how to ...

In 2015, city rats were shown to be carrying fleas that could theoretically become infected with and transmit the plague. (An outbreak of bubonic plague carried by such fleas killed one-third of ...

According to the CDC, people can contract rat-bite fever from bites or scratches from infected rodents, such as rats, mice and gerbils, or even just by handling an animal with the disease ...

A rat on top of a toilet bowl. Image: New Africa (Shutterstock) A Canadian man found a rat in his toilet, and his month only got worse from there.

In the last year, placing trash into containers has also reduced rat sightings reported to 311, including 6.3% citywide and 14.3% in rat mitigation zones, he added.