In the news we’ve been hearing about rising numbers of cases of typhus in…Santa Monica? Historically, millions of people died from epidemic outbreaks, usually during war, famine or other times of ...

Cases of flea-borne typhus have hit an “all-time high” in a California county, according to public health officials. A record 220 cases of the disease were identified in 2025 in Los Angeles County, ...

When fleas bite infected animals such as rats, cats or opossums, fleas remain infected for life. The bite of an infected flea on a person breaks the skin and causes a wound. Fleas poop when they feed.

Most human scrub typhus infections could occur inside villages rather than during agricultural work, suggests new research conducted with the help of communities living in Tamil Nadu. The new findings ...