Flea-borne typhus deaths are rising in LA: new CDC report

Flea-borne typhus deaths are rising in LA: new CDC report

Health experts are alarmed at a spike in typhus cases in Los Angeles County, where three recent deaths have been blamed on the disease. The disease is spread by fleas that have come into contact with animals — cats, possums, dogs and rodents — that are carrying the illness. In the 1930s and 1940s, typhus … Read more