Today, typhus is called either endemic, epidemic, or bush typhus depending on the cause of the infection. Each type of typhus presents itself differently. Murine Typhus (Endemic) ...

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 ...

Scrub typhus, epidemic typhus, and murine typhus are the ... should assume they’ve caught the disease at first so as to not miss any diagnoses. While patients might have to wait for blood ...

The official source of the outbreak is said to be fleas ... they need as quickly as possible." Typhus or typhus fever is a flea-borne infectious disease that can cause high fever, headache ...

“Since the disease is spread by fleas ... Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health. As to whether the typhus outbreak could spread any farther, she said, “a thorough public health ...

Infectious diseases are hitting homeless populations especially hard. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Jennifer Millar keeps trash bags and hand sanitizer near her tent, and she regularly pours ...

Government officials in Los Angeles are considering ripping out all carpets in city buildings amid a typhus outbreak that has infected workers. The disease is typically caused by infected fleas ...

While the disease is rarely deadly—no deaths have been reported during the current outbreak so far—in more severe cases, typhus can cause serious complications requiring hospitalization.

The medical community and laypersons alike often blamed victims of the disease for their own suffering, believing that vicious, debauched, and unhygienic lifestyles begat typhus. An 1836 outbreak ...

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 ...