News tagged with 'rats'. Found 4 tagged news.

Is the 21st Century Plague a Remnant of the Black Death Plague of the 14th Century?

Piura :: Peru | 6 days ago

Posted by Majdy

A possible new plague named "the 21st century plague" has been discovered by scientists, which jumps from rats to humans. It was first discovered in an American woman with an enlarged spleen who had recently travelled to Peru.  Fears are...

Tags: Black Death, rodents, rats, mice, plague, B. grahamii, B. tribocorum, Elizabethae, Yersinia pestis. Bartonella rochalimae

Gas leak leads jakes into rat-infested Southie house

Boston :: MA :: USA | 2 months ago

carbon monoxide leak that sickened residents of a squalid South Boston home prompted city officials to initiate proceedings to condemn the house after firefighters say they walked into a stinking den of rats and trash. Boston fire officials responded...

Tags: rats, carbon monoxide

Palestinians: Israel uses rats against Jerusalem Arabs

Jerusalem :: Israel | 4 months ago

Posted by Olivier

Wafa which is the Palestinian Authority's official news agency is reporting Israel is using rats to drive Arab families out of their homes in the Old City of Jerusalem. The agency is controlled and funded by Mahmoud Abbas's office. In the past they...

Tags: Rats, Wafa, Palestine, Israel

How Henry Got Her Name (Part I)

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago

Posted by MatthewLasar

I love our cat. Her name is Henry. You may be wondering how a she-cat came to be called such. I'll concede that ignorance played an important role in the decision. But let's start at the beginning. Read the rest  . . .  

Tags: San Francisco, cats, rats