PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Los Angeles County is dealing with an outbreak of the flea-borne disease typhus, but there are things you can do to help stop the spread of it. He's supposed to be man's ...

DTLA - People have freaked out ever since the L.A. County Department of Public Health declared an outbreak of typhus in Downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 4. That has been followed by reports of clusters of ...

Most human scrub typhus infections could occur inside villages rather than during agricultural work, suggests new research ...

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 ...

The outbreak of flea-borne typhus cases in Los Angeles County is continuing to spread, with health officials announcing Friday they are investigating four new cases in the Willowbrook area. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A Monrovia woman contracted Typhus after ...

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 ...