When Bimini Wright, a 38-year-old Brooklyn writer and performer, embarked on a routine subway ride back in September 2025, she did not expect to return home with a pigeon. Wright first found the then-squab, which she has since named Smidgen, “stumbling around” a subway platform off the Q line during a Monday morning rush hour. … Read more
Infest and infect. While the world is still reeling from the hantavirus cruise outbreak — and the disease is gaining ground in the US — an entirely different rat-borne disease has claimed the life of one Berkley, California resident. In a public health release issued this week, the city confirmed that a man had died in May … Read more
Bay Area shoppers will have to get their food elsewhere after a Target store in San Jose had its grocery section closed due to a rat infestation. The shop near North Capitol Avenue and McKee Road was shut down by health inspectors after rodent droppings and opened bags of food were found in the store’s … Read more
As passengers from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship are being monitored, unusually high levels of the virus have been detected in rodents in the US. Researchers found that a significant portion of rodent populations in the Pacific Northwest — specifically the Palouse region of Washington and Idaho — were carrying the Sin Nombre virus (SNV). The findings … Read more
SeatGeek is the official music concert Ticketing Partner of the New York Post. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Cool kids just might have the time for this. Starting in late September, Smashing Pumpkins embark on their fall … Read more
“Patient zero” isn’t exactly the title you want attached to your travel itinerary. But that’s the grim distinction Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord now holds after authorities identified him as the first case in a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship. The 70-year-old birdwatcher and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, had toured an Argentinian … Read more
The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has put citizens and health authorities on high alert. Experts believe a few passengers were infected with the Andes strain of hantavirus, which has a mortality rate of up to 40% because it affects the lungs and kidneys, which are critical for survival. Hantavirus is typically … Read more
Hantavirus has been all over the news lately due to a shocking outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The virus is typically transmitted to humans when they breathe airborne particles from the dried droppings, urine or saliva of infected rodents. That’s how Oscar winner Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy, died last … Read more
Could this be the golden ticket for diabetes patients? Over 40.1 million Americans — roughly 12% of the US population — have diabetes, a chronic condition characterized by consistently elevated blood sugar. Type 1 diabetes, often diagnosed in childhood, is an autoimmune disease where the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin to use sugar for energy. … Read more
Love may be in the air this Valentine’s Day — but across New York City and beyond, so is revenge. Fed up with ghosters, cheaters and situationships that went nowhere fast, scorned singles are swapping roses for roaches, candlelit dinners for spiritual cleanses, and sweet nothings for some seriously savage payback. From naming insects after … Read more
Would you watch rata-flew-ie? A KLM plane of passengers bound for the Caribbean didn’t have a choice of their in-flight entertainment when they had to be grounded after a massive rat stowed aboard, as seen in a spine-tingling video taking off online. It’s unclear how the rat (picture) stowed aboard the plane. “[It’s] very unfortunate … Read more
He’s a cineplex-terminator. The idea of mice running amok at a movie theatre might make most viewers run for the doors. However, one Texas cinephile wouldn’t be deterred — bringing mouse traps to his cinema so he could enjoy his picture in peace amid an infestation. “I said, ‘I’m going to put a bunch of … Read more
Ah, rats! Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago’s so-called “rat hole,” one of the Windy City’s weirdest local landmarks. Hold on. The rat hole wasn’t what you think. It wasn’t some back alley bar that served as a speakeasy for the city’s notorious gangster clientele or a tenement stuffed to the brim … Read more
Carbone is not alone. Fans of the West Village hotspot were shocked to discover that the buzzy, celeb-fave eatery was branded an eyebrow-raising B rating after being dinged by the NYC Health Department in July. Worse, instead of properly displaying its bold, green letter-grade sign for all to see, the upmarket Thompson Street spot kept … Read more
In his return to Massachusetts, Mike Vrabel is apparently pulling pages out of “The Departed” playbook. Vrabel, who has already been feisty with the media, said he’s on the hunt for “rats” after a report emerged stating receiver Ja’Lynn Polk needs season-ending surgery. He bluntly said “no” when asked if he had any information he … Read more
Rats! Health officials are reporting an increase in a rare but serious infectious disease spread by rodents — just four months after Gene Hackman’s wife, the concert pianist Betsy Arakawa, died from it. A Grand Canyon National Park employee was recently exposed to hantavirus, with five cases logged so far this year in Arizona, KLAS-TV … Read more
Did she order the rat-atouille? The New York City Health Department is investigating a woman’s claims that she found a dead rat in a takeout salad that she bought from a Korean restaurant in Midtown Manhattan. “I’m not physically sick, I’m upset. I’m traumatized,” Hannah Rasbach, 27, told People magazine of the revolting alleged incident, … Read more
Health officials found extensive evidence of rats on Gene Hackman’s New Mexico property during a hantavirus risk assessment test after the star’s wife was killed by the rodent-linked disease in late February. An environmental assessment of the property conducted in March — just one week after the couple was found dead — revealed rodent feces … Read more
A popular fast-food chain in Japan will shut down for several days following reports of rat-infested miso soup. Sukiya, the country’s biggest beef bowl chain, said it would cease operations Monday at roughly 2,000 locations nationwide for four days starting in a statement posted on their website Saturday. The company, which is owned by dining … Read more
While the benefits of following a Mediterranean diet are well established, a new study suggests that the fresh-forward, olive oil-soaked eating style can boost brain health by promoting certain gut bacteria. Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine found that lab rats who followed a Mediterranean diet developed different gut bacteria patterns than those who … Read more