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A life-threatening bacterial infection typically spread through rat urine sickened a record number of people in New York City last year—and this year looks on track for another all-time high, the NYC ...

Flaco, the celebrity owl of New York City, died after crashing into a building due to a severe pigeon-borne illness and high levels of rat poison. The Eurasian eagle-owl was found dead in a Manhattan ...