There were 24 cases of leptospirosis in the city in 2023, higher than in any prior year. 2024 is already shaping up to be another big year in the Big Apple for infections.
Thanks to rats, life is getting tougher. The city Health Department has just warned that in 2023 rat-related sickness soared to the
Last year was a record year for rat disease. From 2001 to 2020, New York City was averaging just three cases of human leptospirosis per year. That jumped to 24 cases last year and there have been six cases so far this year. The illness lasts from a few days to 3 weeks or longer. Without treatment, recovery may take several months.
New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death.
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