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Inside the vigilante group of New Yorkers who hunt rats at night

Rats aren't only a part of New York City’s underground — they're an inseparable part of its pop culture. There’s Master Splinter from the Ninja Turtles, Pizza Rat, and even Cannibal Rat. But for every celebrity rat, there’s another 250,000 to 2 million anonymous rodents living in the city — and the city health department is fighting to bring down.

Last year, three people in a Bronx city block made the news for contracting leptospirosis through rat urine. Only two survived.

Inside the vigilante group

Wildlife experts urge Americans to catch, cook and EAT rat-like rodents terrorizing the nation

Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa’s property was ‘breeding ground for infestation’

Hotel employee, 26, dies of rare rat-linked virus

Rats attack ritzy NYC block

Parents, 24, are charged after hairy beast starts eating their six-month-old twins

RAT INFESTATION TAKES OVER MASSACHUSETTS CITY

'Worst I've ever seen'

NYC unleashes rat death squad to gas vermin with carbon monoxide

Tags: Animals, Attack, Children, Contagion, Danger, Dedication, Destruction, Disease, Ecology, Environment, Gas, Health, History, Hunting, Injury, Kill, Laws, Overpopulation, Parental Crime, Pests, Population, Program, Respect, Science, Survival, Takeover, Terraforming, Toxic, Vermin, Warning, Wildlife

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22-Jun-2025

Why are we catching more diseases from animals?

The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 15 other countries.

Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a "one off".

But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease. This is likely to be more of a problem in future as climate change and globalisation alter the way animals and humans interact.

How can animals make people ill?
In the past 50 years, a host of infectious diseases have spread rapidly after making the evolutionary jump from animals to humans.

The HIV/Aids crisis of the 1980s originated from great apes, the 2004-07 avian flu pandemic came from birds, and pigs gave us the swine flu pandemic in 2009. More recently, it was discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) came from bats, via civets, while bats also gave us Ebola.

Humans have always caught diseases from animals. In fact, most new infectious diseases come from wildlife.

Why are we catching more diseases from animals

Some pet owners are advocating against rabies vaccines

Hundreds of baby emperor penguins stranded on breakaway iceberg miraculously survive

Westfield Health Department Tells Owners to Keep Cats Indoors

It's time to worry about bird flu in cats

PS family says rat infestation caused severe illnesses and forced them out of their home

Rare virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife linked to 3 deaths in California town

Tags: Animals, Backlash, Choices, Contagion, Death, Demands, Development, Disease, Environment, Etiquette, Health, Hostility, Injury, Lifestyle, Medical, Nature, Neglect, Neighbor, Outbreak, Overpopulation, Pests, Pets, Politics, Priorities, Safety, Science, Survival, Terraforming, Threat, Treatment, Vermin, Virus, Warning

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05-Apr-2025

Everyone Really Hates Anti-Vaxxers and Keto

Okay, everybody, the Worst Wellness Trend of the 2010s Tournament has officially drawn to a close, with anti-vaxxing claiming the number one slot once and for all. To be honest, we're not totally surprised. Parents who choose not to vaccinate their kids are, after all, notorious for lifting rhetoric from the reproductive rights movement and pretty much completely responsible for the revival of once-dead diseases like measles. Wellness rocks!

Everyone Really Hates Anti-Vaxxers and Keto

The Crime of Gay Sex

Tags: Contagion, Diet, Disease, Gay, Hate, LGBTQ, Lifestyle, List, Men, Mental Health, Politics, Reckless, Safety, Sex, Treatment, Virus, Warning, World

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16-Sep-2024

Taking an antibiotic after sex helps gay men curb STDs

As the United States reckons with a burgeoning sexually transmitted disease crisis, a broadening chorus of public health experts are calling for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to endorse prescribing a preventive antibiotic pill to gay and bisexual men and transgender women at high risk of STDs.

Taking an antibiotic

More Younger People Are Getting Colorectal Cancers

Rise in infections of drug-resistant stomach bug

Shigellosis infection rising among gay & bi men

Young Gay Latinos See a Rising Share of New HIV Cases

Tags: AIDS, Bacteria, Contagion, Disease, Gay, Health, Investigation, LGBTQ, Medical, Medicine, Safety, Sex, Toxic, Treatment, Warning

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24-Jun-2024

Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate

The fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems. The number of people diagnosed with infections — as well as the number of those who were found through screening to be carrying C. auris — has been rising at an alarming rate since it was first reported in the U.S., researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.

Deadly fungal infection

Elementary school temporarily closed as illness sickens 2 dozen

Rise of mpox cases in Chicago raises concern

Syphilis Outbreak Declared: 128% Increase In Cases Among Women

About 300 people at California hospital possibly exposed to measles

California city declares a public health emergency

Tags: Children, Choices, Contagion, Contamination, Death, Disease, Education, Fungus, Health, Hospital, Illness, Infected, LGBTQ, Medical, Safety, Sex, Shutdown, Surge, Warning, Women

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07-May-2024

Congenital Syphilis Rates Are the Highest They've Been in More Than 20 Years

After years of decline, rates of congenital syphilis are once again on the rise in the US. According to an analysis published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 5, cases of congenital syphilis—or a syphilis infection passed from mother to baby during pregnancy—rose 261% from 2013-2018, from 362 cases to 1,306 cases. Of those 1,306 cases in 2018, the CDC reported 94 resulted in stillbirths or early infant deaths.

“This is the highest number of congenital syphilis cases reported in the US since 1995,” Anne Kimball, MD, MPH, who works in the CDC's Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, tells Health. “The rise in congenital syphilis parallels an increase in syphilis among women overall, so the increase is largely because more women of reproductive age (15-44) are getting syphilis. In fact, the US rate of primary and secondary syphilis has increased almost every year for nearly 20 years.”

Congenital Syphilis Rates Are the Highest...

CDC deploys team to investigate NY polio outbreak

STDs spike across the US as syphilis goes up by a QUARTER and HIV rockets by 16%

Gay men are twice as likely than straight men to have this painful disease

13 Doctor's office workers get herpes from janitor

Gender-neutral lavatories ‘have more germs than single-sex ones’

Tags: Children, Choices, Contagion, Disease, Environment, Gay, Health, Illness, Investigation, LGBTQ, Lifestyle, Pregnancy, Safety, Sex, Travel, Vaccine, Warning, Women

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30-Apr-2024

RATS HAVE ALREADY WON

What we do know is that recorded rat sightings in New York are at an all-time high. In December, Mayor Eric Adams posted, with great fanfare, a job announcement: The city was looking for a “highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty” candidate to take on the newly restored position of rat czar. (A brilliant idea, I thought; I had, after all, suggested that he take such action in an open letter.) Yet, three months later, the position still hasn’t been filled. A few weeks ago, the mayor himself had to pay a $300 fine for failing to control rats at a rowhouse he rents out to tenants.

RATS HAVE ALREADY WON

Rodent droppings found at restaurant

They Lost Their Jobs Because They Put Their Dog Down

Growing number of Mass. communities being overrun by pesky rodents

Rats found infected with virus that causes COVID

Rat soup shuts down popular restaurant

Is Birth Control the Solution?

Rat problem?

Infectious disease spread by rat urine seeps into NYC

Rat urine is causing uptick in rare disease

Tags: Accusation, Animals, Attack, Bacteria, Choices, City, Clean, Contagion, Contamination, Court, Culture, Danger, Death, Disease, Environment, Family, Food, Health, Illness, Kill, Neglect, Outbreak, Performance, Pests, Politics, Restaurant, Safety, Shutdown, Support, Survival, Takeover, Termination, Terraforming, Threat, Toxic, Vermin, Warning

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19-Apr-2024

Your Pet’s Waste May Be Trashing the Environment

Dog and cat waste may seem harmless, but the reality is that your pet’s poop can be very problematic for ecosystems where it accumulates. Think of an ecosystem as a closed box. Within that closed box is everything that makes up an ecosystem: the dirt, the bugs, the animals, the plants, the microbes, and all the different chemicals necessary for the functioning of each of the organisms that call this “box” home. Some organisms prefer some chemicals in abundance; others do not. As such, a homeostasis of sorts develops over time that eventually balances the populations of each organism in the box.

Your Pet’s Waste May Be Trashing the Environment

The Great Veterinary Shortage

Cops hunt masked gunman who has fatally shot four horses at close range

Thief tries to SNATCH $6,000 French bulldog from its owner

Tiny pet turtles cited as cause for salmonella outbreak

Cats Are An Alien Invasive Species

World Economic Forum suggests killing pets to help climate

FS to shoot wild cattle in NM wilderness from helicopters

Tropical fish are terrible for the environment

Tags: Animals, Care, Children, Contagion, Contamination, Disease, Environment, Hunting, Kill, Labor Shortage, Medical, Nature, Pests, Pets, Theft, Toxic, Video, Waste, Wildlife, World

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13-Jul-2023

Dog food recalled over elevated levels of vitamin D

Fromm Family Foods issued a voluntary recall for four lots of its Fromm Shredded can Entrée dog food, which could potentially cause "adverse reactions in all dog sizes," according to a notice posted on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's website.

Dog food recalled over elevated levels of vitamin D

Bobby Flay out at Food Network after 27 years

Even More Dog Food Is Being Recalled

Dog Became Sick After Eating Popular Dog Food

Dog Food Recalled Over Listeria Contamination

Dog infected with monkeypox after sharing bed, licking owners

Montgomery Co. urges dog owners to consider skipping dog parks

Another animal shelter closing doors to dogs as illness circulates

Tags: Accusation, Animals, Celebrity, Contagion, Disease, Dog Food, Employment, Food, Gay, Illness, LGBTQ, Lockdown, Product, Recall, Sex, Termination, Toxic, Warning

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07-Apr-2023

Wilson No-kill dog shelter faces closure after repeated violations

"The inspection staff is trying to ensure the animals in a shelter facility are receiving humane care. Humane care is defined as the provision of adequate heat, ventilation, sanitary shelter and adequate food and water, consistent with the normal requirements and feeding habits of the animals, size, species and breed," the department's website states regarding these inspections.

Wilson No-kill dog shelter faces closure

People are going broke due to the cost of pets

ARL sees significant increase in animal returns

Man seen on video abusing dog

Boy, 12, savaged by his pit bull and grandma, 89, mauled to death

Woman hospitalized after dog poos on her face

Woman kills and skins a HUSKY thinking it's a wolf

Screaming man slaps GRIZZLY BEAR

Woman Murdered a Man Because She Believed He Was Trying to Harm a Cat

10 poodles attack beachgoer and her service dog

Tags: $, Abuse, Animals, Attack, Burden, Children, Choices, Contagion, Cruelty, Disease, Evolution, Misconduct, Murder, Nature, Pets, Real Estate, Reckless, Rejection, Safety, Survival, Terraforming, Video, Vulnerable, Waste, Weird, Wildlife

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14-Nov-2022

Young Actor Tells Personal, Frustrating Story of Getting Monkeypox

“I was hesitant about tweeting about it at first because it can be really embarrassing,” Matt Ford an actor, director, and party host tells Out. Ford tweeted about his experience with monkeypox late last week. “You have all these spots all over you. It’s a disease that doesn’t sound cute, it doesn’t look cute. It’s not hard to imagine the stigma.”

Getting Monkeypox

Giant African snail enacts parasite quarantine in FL

Frisky orangutan grabs woman’s breasts

1 Dead, 22 Hospitalized in Listeria Outbreak Linked to Fl

CDC links Sarasota ice cream to listeria outbreak

Gay men with monkeypox share their stories

‘Absolutely be concerned.’

Man likely spread monkeypox through sex with multiple men

CHILD monkeypox cases were likely infected by contact with gay or bi men

'It hurts to exist'

Tags: Children, Contagion, Death, Disease, Environment, Food, Gay, Heat, Illness, LGBTQ, Misrepresentation, Nature, Pests, Poison, Safety, Sex, Surge, Video, Warning

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25-Jul-2022

‘They’re everywhere’

Rattlesnakes are thriving here, according to a recent joint Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and University of Michigan study, which reveals that the seven species of rattlesnakes found in California are among the fastest growing animal population in state.

‘They’re everywhere’

States with the most gun violence share one trait

Sheep sentenced to 3 years in prison for killing a woman

Fish off the coast of Florida are testing positive for ANTIDEPRESSANTS

Nine-year-old wakes up from coma after being brutally attacked by a cougar

Sloth bear kills and eats couple

Child Stabbed In The Chest By A Catfish

San Diego Humane Society to Quarantine Animals

Bear pops beach ball, leading to an ‘attack’

465 people have gotten sick after interacting with pet poultry

Tags: Animals, Arrest, Attack, Children, Contagion, Disease, Environment, Food, Guns, Health, Hunting Season, Injury, Interference, Murder, Nobody Cares, Parental Burden, Pets, Punishment, Quarantine, Safety, Science, Supremacy, Survival, Threat, Toxic, Violence, Virus, Warning, Weapon, Wildlife, World

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28-Jun-2022

Here’s why people with HIV should be prioritized for Covid vaccines and boosters

The World Health Organization announced last month that people living with HIV should be among those prioritized for Covid vaccines. The announcement came at the 11th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021) in Berlin in mid-July.

It followed the results of a large-scale study on the risk of Covid to those living with HIV. Previous studies had presented slightly conflicting findings on this issue. However, many of those studies were comparatively small in scale.

This particular research was an analysis of over a quarter of a million people hospitalized with Covid in 37 different countries. Ninety-five percent were from South Africa, where HIV is a particular problem.

Here’s why people with HIV should be prioritized for Covid vaccines and boosters

‘Flesh-Eating’ STD that causes ‘Beefy Red’ sores is spreading in UK

Rise in ‘extremely drug-resistant’ STI in gay and bisexual men

New Jersey Decriminalizes Sexual Activity by People Living with HIV

40% increase reported in L.A. County COVID cases

Tags: Contagion, Coronavirus, Disease, Gay, Laws, LGBTQ, Lifestyle, Men, Safety, Sex, Vaccine, Warning, World

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30-Apr-2022

Toxic algae blooms eyed in deaths of family of 3 and their dog on remote California hiking trail

Investigators are considering whether toxic algae blooms or other hazards may have contributed to the deaths of a Northern California couple, their baby and the family dog on a remote hiking trail, authorities said.

The area in the Sierra National Forest where the bodies were found on Tuesday had been treated as a hazmat site after concerns were raised about the deaths being linked to potentially toxic gases from old mines nearby.

Toxic algae blooms

GM recalls all Chevy Bolts over battery fires

CDC recommends certain travelers avoid cruise ships, even if fully vaccinated

Tags: Animals, Awareness, Contagion, Danger, Death, Disease, Environment, Nature, Parental Burden, Plants, Product, Recall, Sports, Terraforming, Toxic, Travel, Vacation, Warning

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21-Aug-2021

More than 200 people in U.S. being monitored for possible monkeypox exposure, CDC says

More than 200 people in 27 states are being monitored for possible exposure to monkeypox after they had contact with an individual who contracted the disease in Nigeria before traveling to the United States this month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To date, no additional cases have been detected.

“It is a lot of people,” McCollum acknowledged.

The efforts stem from the discovery that a U.S. resident infected with monkeypox traveled from Lagos, Nigeria, on an overnight flight to Atlanta that arrived on July 9; the person then traveled the same day to Dallas. On July 15, the individual sought care at a Dallas hospital emergency room, where the diagnosis of monkeypox was made.

More than 200 people in U.S. being monitored for possible monkeypox exposure, CDC says

US sees COVID-19 cases surge by 224% in last three weeks as CDC director says the Indian 'Delta' variant now makes up 83% of all new infections

More than 1.5 MILLION children around the world lost a parent, grandparent or caregiver due to COVID-19

As many as 200 Americans have now reported possible symptoms of 'Havana Syndrome,'

Covid: Anger as half of Australians in lockdown again

ICMR sero survey says two-thirds of Indians exposed to Covid

Georgia boy, 5, with NO underlying conditions, dies of COVID-19 complications including a stroke

More than half of California is under mask mandate again as hospitalizations jump 62%

I was a Covid super-spreader and the guilt is killing me

Colorado 10-year-old dies as health officials investigate plague activity

Tags: Children, Choices, Contagion, Disease, Environment, History, Insects, Lockdown, Parental Burden, Study, Travel, Treatment, Vaccine, Video, World

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25-Jul-2021

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