When it comes to rodent bites, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that bites are rare; however, the bad news is ...

SAN DIEGO — A civil trial against Petco is underway in San Diego, where a 10-year-old boy died in 2013 after playing with a rat that his grandmother bought him at the pet store chain. Aiden Pankey ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) A San Diego family is suing Petco after the death of their 10-year-old son from a bacterial infection they say he contracted from his pet rat. Attorney John Gomez told The Associated ...

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 ...

From the Laboratories of the Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hospital of Harvard University and the Department of Bacteriology, Harvard Medical School. Scharles, F. H. — Assistant Physician, Collis P.

After she was first bitten in August, Shannon Neely's hand puffed up. Over the following days, her temperature soared. By Aug. 20, she checked herself into urgent care. Her condition, the doctor ...