More than 111 million rats and mice are estimated to be used in U.S. research labs each year, subjected to painful and ...

Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, or HPS—a respiratory illness caused by exposure to infected rodents. Her cause of death was listed as natural. Hantavirus ...

The city of Somerville announced on Feb. 19 that it is participating in a Rodent Fertility Control Study using Evolve, which ...

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is an uncommon but serious viral disease that can damage the heart, lungs and other organs ...

In what some are calling poetic justice, Dr Jay Bhattacharya s appointment to head the NIH comes after his predecessor, Dr ...

Known as the rat torture method, it originated in medieval Europe, a period of time that is remembered for its unique methods of torture and execution. While rats have been used as punishment methods ...

A New Mexico medical examiner revealed on Friday afternoon that Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, died from hantavirus ...

“The real stroke of brilliance is the notion that you make the cell younger, and then it would be more resilient to injury,” ...

Although not all mice and rats carry hantaviruses ... the heart’s ability to pump oxygen-rich blood to the body’s organs. If untreated, these effects can lead to shock, organ failure and ...

New numbers from the White Coat Waste Project, shared with The Washington Times, show that the National Institutes of Health ...

Appearances can be deceiving in the animal kingdom. Some of the most charming creatures harbor hidden dangers beneath their ...