NEW YORK-- There is a new phase in New York City's war on rats after the Health Department warned that in 2023 rat-related sickness soared to the highest level in a single year. They are ...

Big Apple officials have has gone to lengths including creating 'rat mitigation zones' where teams of deputies patrol, seal up any entry holes and deploy poisons in pest hotspots like Harlem.

The “rat hole” is gone. A Chicago sidewalk landmark some residents affectionately called the “rat hole” was removed Wednesday after city officials determined the section bearing the ...

Kathleen Corradi surveys a smokeout in Seward Park. Photo: Colin Schappi One sunny afternoon in March, the city’s rat czar, Kathleen Corradi, came to Seward Park to survey her domain.

Her work has previously appeared in Billboard, Forbes, and Reader's Digest. Getty New York City is battling a rat problem — and Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday the city is working to address the ...

A new City Council bill would deploy contraceptives in hopes of reducing the rat population and protecting wildlife, like Flaco the owl, from being poisoned. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons For nearly 60 ...

In New York City, the idea to distribute rat contraceptives got fresh attention in city government Thursday following the death of an escaped zoo owl, known as Flaco, who was found dead with rat ...

"I was swimming and bathing in a river, and we were climbing on rocks and jumping into this jungle river and I stepped in a puddle on this boulder … and it had rat’s piss in it." Weil's ...

Rat urine is to blame for an uptick in flu-like illnesses across New York City, according to mayor Eric Adams. Leptospirosis is a potentially deadly bacterial infection that can be contracted ...

Eva Evans, a TikTok star known for her videos about living in New York City and the creator of the web series “Club Rat,” has died. She was 29. Evans’ sister, Lila Joy, announced the news in ...

Chicago city crews removed a section of the sidewalk with the rat imprint (left) on Wednesday morning (Pictures: AP) A viral rat-shaped hole in the sidewalk of a Chicago neighborhood has been ...

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