Here are seven things to know about the virus and the investigation, from the CDC and state health departments. 1. Seoul virus is a type of hantavirus carried by Norway rats, both wild and ...

Thirteen people in eight states have contracted the Seoul virus, a virus carried by wild and domestic rats, according to the most recent CDC update on the outbreak. The following states have reported ...

A young California man died from the same rare rodent-linked virus that killed Gene Hackman’s wife in February — with health officials discovering rat droppings at his workplace following his untimely ...

Dear Dr. Jorden: I have a great menagerie of animals as pets. I would like to get a pet rat or two, but someone told me that it was illegal to own rats. Is that true? I called the Billings Animal ...