Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a disease that – if untreated – can be fatal. Typhus was almost eradicated from the United States, but now it's making a comeback. Typhus is a disease ...

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Los Angeles County health officials are urging the public to take precautions after a rise in flea-borne typhus cases, including a recent outbreak reported in Santa Monica. The Los Angeles County ...

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 ...

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: ...

Summer heat, check. Mosquitoes, check. Labor Day traffic, check. Now add fleas carrying typhus fever to things Southern Californians have to worry about this weekend. A report from the Los Angeles ...

Typhus is a disease many people thought was a thing of the past. It is not. It's making a comeback. Health officials are reporting a rise in typhus cases, especially in Texas, one of the states where ...