Health experts are alarmed at a spike in typhus cases in Los Angeles County, where three recent deaths have been blamed on the disease. The disease is spread by fleas that have come into contact with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jasmine, 11, receives an anti-flea vaccination at a free vaccine clinic in San Francisco. Flea-borne typhus infections tend to ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. (KABC) -- Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control is asking people to take the necessary precautions to protect themselves and their pets from flea-borne typhus. "When the flea ...

A rise in typhus, a bacterial disease spread by lice or fleas, has hit the Los Angeles area, and public health officials are sounding the alarm. As of Monday, there have been 57 cases of flea-borne ...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- Public health advisories have been posted near the intersection of Slater Avenue and Magnolia Street in Fountain Valley after a case of flea-borne typhus was detected ...

Often confused with the flu, flea-borne typhus has seen a steady increase in the last five years in Texas, and the disease can make people sick. Fleas found on rats, opossums, cats and dogs can ...

Los Angeles county is seeing more cases of flea-borne typhus, with 171 cases and three deaths reported in 2022, health officials reported. File photo by David Tulis/UPI Los Angeles county is seeing ...

Long Beach is experiencing a localized typhus outbreak and an increase in infections this year, city officials said Monday. The city has reported 20 cases as of July 31, a 66% increase compared to 12 ...

It starts with a fever, aches, maybe even a rash - symptoms that could be mistaken for the flu or just a lingering bug. But in Texas, doctors are warning that another culprit is increasingly to blame: ...

It starts with a fever, aches, maybe even a rash — symptoms that could be mistaken for the flu or just a lingering bug. But in Texas, doctors are warning that another culprit is increasingly to blame: ...