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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...