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The Health Department has shut down a Utah restaurant after finding 89 health code violations, 36 of which are critical. Source: AOL.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A pesky and pricey problem is on the rise: mice and squirrels chewing through wires inside your car. Trenton Thompson is learning the ins and outs of fixing cars as an automotive student at Metropolitan Community College. At his internship, he’€™s finding mice and squirrels are a more common culprit under the hood. Source: FOX 4 … Read More

A Detroit woman says her Jefferson Square apartment is overrun by mice and her landlord hasn’t helped. Source: WJBK

DENVER — A popular movie theater in Denver is dealing with some unwanted moviegoers. On Monday, Denver health inspectors found live mice and their droppings inside the AMC Showplace Theatres at Cherry Creek Mall. The inspection was prompted by a customer who said she saw mice inside theater No. 2. Source: FOX31 Denver

Lyme has reached epidemic proportions in some counties of New York State particularly around the Southern Tier region and the Poughkeepsie area. Source: Ithaca Journal

The case is the first hantavirus case confirmed in Coconino County this year and the sixth in the county since 2007, officials said. Source: azcentral

Californians are being urged to report sightings of the invasive rodent nutria, which can grow to a meter long and have hundreds of babies. Source: r20.rs6.net

We did what they say is a “big no no.” Source: The Daily Courier

Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control is field-testing lab-bred mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria, which interrupts breeding as a pesticide-free method to control the disease-spreading insects. Source: miamiherald

It’s not just the young and elderly who are susceptible to the flu virus. There are some in our community with immune system problems that also are very susceptible to the disease. Source: Josh Ninke