Pet owners are being urged to protect themselves and their pets after the city experienced a record number of cases of the ...

Flea-borne typhus is related to another similar bacteria responsible for plagues that devastated populations in world history ...

As of Thursday, the County of Los Angeles Public Health officially reported a record number of flea-borne typhus cases in Los ...

Los Angeles County is experiencing a record number of flea-borne typhus cases, and nearly 90% of patients have had to be ...

On April 2, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a bulletin to alert residents to "a record number of ...

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 ...

Flea-borne Typhus is transmitted to humans through infected fleas that live on animals such as rats, opossums, cats, dogs, ...

“Flea-borne typhus can cause serious illness, but it is preventable with simple steps,” said Muntu Davis, a Los Angeles ...

California issues warning after record flea‑borne typhus cases in LA County in 2025, with outbreaks reported and 90% ...

Experts say humans, animals and vectors play a part in transmission for the disease that is typically spread by infected fleas.

The Los Angeles County Public Health Department identified 220 cases of flea-borne typhus last year, a big increase over the ...