The Health Department is warning of a worrisome increase in the number of infectious leptospirosis cases that come from contact with rat urine. "Not only are rodents unsightly and can traumatize ...

These include Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), Leptospirosis, Rat-Bite Fever, Salmonellosis, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCMV). While cases and fatalities are rare in the western world ...

The Office of the Regional Director of Health Services (RDHS) in Vavuniya has reported that 41 people in the district ...

According to the Health Ministry and the Epidemiology Unit sources, over 10,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year. Seven people from ...

When I was a child, I don’t remember there being anti-vaxers. I do remember the early equivalent of robo-calls, when the John ...

It has been 1,882 Leptospirosis (Rat fever) patients in the Ratnapura District last year and of them 22 patients died of the disease, Sabaragamuwa Provincial Health Services Director Dr. Kapila ...

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused ... is through exposure to the urine of infected animals -mainly rats- or contaminated soil and water. In humans, symptoms can include fever, headache ...

Leptospirosis cases in this highly-urbanized city went down by 63 percent in 2024 as a result of a continuous prevention and ...