Rat Disease Has a New Pick-Me-Up

According to Nautilus, researchers have discovered that drugs in human wastewater may be fueling disease transmission from rats to humans. As medications accumulate in sewage systems, they can alter rat behavior and immune responses, creating new pathways for disease spread—an overlooked consequence of how we dispose of medications.

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