Doctors shared that cat and dog owners should especially take the situation seriously. Doctor issues urgent warning over ...

One event in particular caught the CDC's attention. In October 2024, an organ procurement organization in Texas notified CDC ...

Typhus is transferred to humans by an infected animal. Typical carriers include fleas, mites, and lice. Although the disease is more common in underdeveloped areas, it can be found all over the world.

CDC researchers warned clinicians March 27 about a potential resurgence of murine typhus, a rare flea-borne disease, according to MedPage Today.  Murine typhus, caused by the bacteria Rickettsia typhi ...

Blood samples taken from people who reported fever were then tested for scrub typhus infection. The researchers found a high incidence of scrub typhus across the two-year study period, with almost ...

Hospital studies suggest that scrub typhus is a leading cause of severe undifferentiated fever in regions across Asia where the disease is endemic, but the population-based incidence of infection ...

Affecting around a tenth of rural populations in India every year, 'scrub typhus' infection, spread by the bite of an infected larval mite (chigger), could be an "under-recognised" leading cause of ...

Most cases of the flea-borne disease are cropping up in Texas and California, and it may be due to cat fleas finding a new host — possums. Other outbreak news includes new genetic identifiers for ...

A study of over 32,000 people living in Tamil Nadu, India suggests scrub typhus infection may affect up to 10% of rural populations annually and is a leading yet under-recognised cause of ...