in your trash, and now they are making New Yorkers sick. The Health Department is warning of a worrisome increase in the number of infectious leptospirosis cases that come from contact with rat urine.

The Department of Health in Bicol (DOH-5) has warned the public about the risk of leptospirosis, as heavy rains caused by the ...

The Epidemiology Unit is also hoping to work with the Education Ministry and make schoolchildren aware on the importance of keeping the environment free of garbage and stagnant water, she added. What ...

LEGAZPI CITY (PIA) — As heavy rainfall and flooding from the La Niña phenomenon are expected to persist in the coming months, the Department of Health’s Bicol Center for Health Development advised the ...

Getting to grips with a deadly infectious disease in the Philippines Leptospirosis is a zoonotic infectious disease with a worldwide distribution in tropical and subtropical regions that causes ...

Professor Jackie Benschop from the School of Veterinary Science's research on leptospirosis primarily focuses on the biomedical aspects of leptospirosis and emphasises the importance of paying ...

Rat fever (Leptospirosis) is rapidly spreading in the North Western ... “All steps should be taken to get rid of rats in houses, paddy fields and marsh lands. Garbage disposal should be done in a way ...