Rodent Awareness Week is here, and the timing couldn’t be more critical. Texas is seeing alarming trends that few are talking about: ...

Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK-4) is a modulator of IL-1 receptor and Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling and has emerged as a promising therapeutic target for several inflammatory ...

WEST MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Kiroli Elementary announced it will stay closed to students until Tuesday, Sept. 23, as the building endures a flea infestation. School board and school leaders have been ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Kiroli Elementary is out of session as the school works to rid the building of fleas. The Ouachita Parish School Board said fleas were first noticed inside Kiroli Elementary on ...

It starts with a fever, aches, maybe even a rash — symptoms that could be mistaken for the flu or just a lingering bug. But in Texas, doctors are warning that another culprit is increasingly to blame: ...

Typhus is a disease many people thought was a thing of the past. It is not. It's making a comeback. Health officials are reporting a rise in typhus cases, especially in Texas, one of the states where ...

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Texas is seeing an explosion of cases of typhus, a ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging people to take precautions following an increase in flea-borne typhus cases across the County. Earlier this year, Public Health ...

The County of Los Angeles Public Health has warned the public of the detection of flea-borne typhus. Though not spread from human to human, flea-borne typhus (sometimes called murine typhus) can ...

Summer heat, check. Mosquitoes, check. Labor Day traffic, check. Now add fleas carrying typhus fever to things Southern Californians have to worry about. A report from the Los Angeles County Health ...