The viral hemorrhagic disease, primarily spread through contact with food or household items contaminated by rodent urine or excrement, has been classified as a high-risk outbreak by the NCDC.
Two New York men who used bat poop to fertilize their marijuana plants have died from a rare fungal infection caused by inhaling spores found in bat droppings.
Twelve-year-old Chessie, a boxer-Weimaraner mix, was rescued by the animal shelter Pennsylvania SPCA in October from a filth-filled "house of horrors." In December, she finally found her forever home.