Texas researchers say this flea-borne disease in cats has made its comeback. Specifically, in the Rio Grande Valley and ...

Researchers at Texas A&M University have formally confirmed that stray cats in Hidalgo County carry fleas infected with R.

The potentially life-threatening disease was nearly eradicated decades ago, but now it is back and taking on Texas.

As human cases of flea-borne murine typhus continue to occur in South Texas, researchers are working to better understand 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The city of Long Beach, Calif., has seen a "significant increase" in the number of flea-borne typhus cases reported in the first half of 2021. The flea-borne illness, which can cause high fever, ...