The group of disorders is spread by infected fleas, lice and chiggers. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced on Thursday that it is actively investigating an outbreak of typhus ...

Typhus is the term for a group of rare bacterial infections that people can contract after being bitten by an infected insect. Treatment for typhus typically involves antibiotic medications. In the ...

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 ...

When Elizabeth Greenwood, a Los Angeles deputy city attorney, contracted typhus from a flea bite in her City Hall East office, two things happened. First, it breathed life back into the sensational ...

Hyderabad: Even as neighbouring Andhra Pradesh reported a sharp rise in scrub typhus cases — at least 11 deaths and over 1,600 infections in the past .

A veteran Los Angeles City Hall official is one of the latest victims of an epidemic of the infectious disease typhus that continues to worsen across LA County. For months, LA County public health ...

Flea-borne typhus was tied to three deaths in Los Angeles County last year amid a rise in reported cases of the illness, according to a report released Thursday. The deaths marked the first time in ...

If you find yourself sick with flu-like symptoms, fever and chills, abdominal pain, a rash, and severe confusion, you might have typhus. Or is it typhoid? No wonder you're feeling confused. Until the ...

A man hospitalized for dehydration a few months ago at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center started suffering a severe fever, and doctors weren’t sure why. The patient was homeless, a clue to doctors ...

Typhus and typhoid fever are two different conditions. At least one officer with the Los Angeles Police Department has contracted the bacteria that causes typhoid fever, Salmonella typhi, and another ...

If scrub typhus is not treated, it can last for 14 to 21 days and result in death (Picture Credit: IANS) What is Scrub Typhus: Scrub typhus, often known as bush typhus, is a bacterial infection caused ...