DEAR READERS: An estimated 10% of people in the U.S., and about one-third of the global population, are infected with Toxoplasma gondii: a common parasitic protozoan found in cat feces. Researchers ...

A debilitating form of typhus spread by fleas and thought to be mostly gone from the Gulf Coast until a few years ago has, in ...

A 12-year-old Waco athlete spent six days at McLane Children’s Hospital after flea-borne typhus triggered septic shock, and ...

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

Everyone loves cats; they're amazing. They're also carrying strains of typhus into households thanks to fleas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas researchers say this flea-borne disease in cats has made its comeback. Specifically, in the Rio Grande Valley and Galveston.

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

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

A new study detected Rickettsia typhi in cat fleas, shedding light on the possible role of domestic cats in murine typhus transmission.

As human cases of flea-borne murine typhus continue to occur in South Texas, researchers are working to better understand the role cats and their fleas may play in the disease's transmission cycle. In ...

As human cases of flea-borne murine typhus continue to occur in South Texas, researchers are working to better understand the role cats and their fleas may play in the disease's transmission cycle. In ...

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 ...