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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, ...

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 ...

From 2004 to 2016, illnesses from mosquito, tick and flea bites tripled in the U.S., with 642,602 cases reported during the 13-year period, according to a CDC report released May 1. The report is the ...

A person in Colorado has been infected with the plague, CNN reported. Although the rare disease that wiped out millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages has mostly been eradicated in humans, ...

A North Texas city is seeing an increase in cases of flea-borne typhus, a bacterial disease transmitted by fleas. Collin County Health Care Services announced last week that McKinney is seeing an ...

Flea-borne typhus is not usually deadly in the United States — the mortality rate is less than 2% — but Dr. Gregory Anstead says it’s a disease that can cause a lot of problems. “It can cause very ...

The small yellow rods seen resting on these purple blades are Yersinia pestis bacteria – the cause of bubonic plague. This bacterial infection is mainly spread to humans by fleas but can also be ...

What Are Sentinel Products for Fleas and Heartworms? The Sentinel line of products (manufactured by Merck Animal Health) includes chewable tablets (products that are given by mouth) for fleas, ...