Pre-trial motions began in Superior Court Monday for a case involving a boy who died after playing with a rat bought from a San Diego Petco store. The case stems from the 2013 death of 10-year-old ...

A Canadian man found a rat in his toilet, and his month only got worse from there. In a recent case report, the man’s doctors described how he contracted an unusual and severe infection from being ...

Dear Doctors: Can you please talk about rat bite fever? Our son got bitten by a baby rat while he was cleaning out his garage, and he didn’t see a doctor. It turned out that he was OK, but I’m worried ...

POST FALLS, Idaho — A Post Falls man is recovering after contracting a serious disease from a rat bite. The man, Eric Lundholm, was bit in July while working for a rodent breeder in Post Falls. The ...