Rats, and the fleas that live on them, can be carriers of deadly diseases — including typhus, a bacteria-borne, fever-like illness that is rocking LA. Since 2009, the number of flea-borne typhus cases ...

Health officials are investigating a flea-borne typhus outbreak in Los Angeles' Wilshire Center area after seven people became sick and six were hospitalized. The bacterial infection can cause fever, ...

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 ...

Typhus, a flea-borne bacterial disease, is on the rise in Los Angeles County, with the latest localized case reported in the Wilshire Center neighborhood, public health officials said Tuesday. The ...

A major outbreak of flea-borne typhus is being investigated in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pico-Union as cases continue to rise across the broader county. The LA County Department of Public Health ...

Flea-borne typhus is a disease caused by bacteria spread to people through contact with infected fleas. The disease is most common in tropical and coastal areas, with most U.S. cases in California, ...

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 ...

Pet owners, beware: Flea-borne typhus is on the rise in parts of Southern California. The good news is there are several common-sense ways to protect your pet and yourself from getting infected. A ...

Pet owners, beware: Flea-borne typhus is on the rise in parts of Southern California. The good news is there are several common-sense ways to protect your pet and yourself from getting infected. A ...