New York City mice are full of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that could make you sick

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published 17 April 2018

Forget subway rats. It's the mice that we need to worry about.

New York City mice are teeming with bacteria that can make humans sick, a study published Tuesday in science journal mBio revealed.

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Experts told Stat that they weren't convinced humans can actually contract those bacteria. But the study's lead scientist said the findings raise the possibility of mouse-to-human infection and suggest we're focusing too much on the stereotypically dirty rats.

Time to unleash the cats.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.