Dr Sykes outlines why new evidence on leptospirosis epidemiology and safer vaccines led to a recommendation for annual ...

Jane Sykes, BVSc, PhD, MPH, MBA, FNAP, summarizes the practical parts of the 2023 ACVIM consensus update on leptospirosis and explains what it means for general practice. She covers the biggest shift ...

NORWICH (WBNG) -- The Chenango County Health Department said it has seen an increase in cases of leptospirosis in dogs. The Health Department noted that local veterinarians have informed them of the ...

SAN DIEGO — Officials are warning about an uptick in cases of a bacterial infection called leptospirosis in San Diego County. Countywide, there have been 34 confirmed and probable cases among local ...

Rats in Boston may be spreading a potentially deadly disease, according to a Tufts University study. The disease is called leptospirosis, which is caused by a bacterium called Leptospira. It is ...

The Health Department did not confirm reports of an outbreak of the bacterial disease linked to McCarren Park, but said it was working with the Parks Department to keep out the rats that spread the ...

Local cases of the infectious disease leptospirosis, which in New York City is largely associated with exposure to rat urine, are continuing to trend upward, the city’s health department warned in an ...

New York City has reported an increase in human cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease that the city reports has been spread by rats. In a late September advisory, the city's Department of Health ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Chicago health officials are sounding the alarm over multiple recent cases of leptospirosis, a disease blamed for roughly 60,000 annual deaths globally. The Chicago Department of ...