If you spend any time in D.C., you know rats are a problem. “They be in the dumpsters. They be running in groups, like, two, three — a few too many,” one man told News4. Another resident said said ...

D.C. officials said in addition to birth control, this program aims to educate restaurants and residents on how to make trash less accessible to rats.

Washington, DC is trying to crack down on its overpopulation of vermin by giving them birth control. DC Health plans to place ...

D.C. Health will give rodents a form of birth control in a new pilot program to help control the rampant rat populations ...

Ayanna Bennett, the director of D.C. Health, said the hormonal medication is part of a three-pronged approach to lower rat ...

The top health official in Washington, D.C., announced on Wednesday a new pilot program dedicated to fighting rodent ...

The pilot program will cost about $130,000 and also focus on improved trash disposal to combat rat infestations, starting in ...

Anna Grabowski says her family’s Presidents Day weekend trip to Washington, D.C. took an unexpected and costly turn after a ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A recent study ranked the nation’s capital as the top US city with a growing rat problem, raising new concerns about public health, sanitation, and how the city should ...

D.C. leaders are also attacking the rat problem in the city by testing out a "rodent control pilot." ...

Any mists spotted rising over the swamp may just be Washington wielding its newest weapon in its never-ending war on rats: dry ice. The District of Columbia's rodent control division's program manager ...

D.C. city has the fastest growing rat population in the country, according to a study last year. Some city leaders are trying to cut that population by eliminating a favorite rodent hangout. Trash ...