With flea bites, you can develop red, itchy bumps that lead to skin irritation and swelling. You can use hydrocortisone cream, cold packs, and antihistamines to relieve itching and swelling. In severe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jasmine, 11, receives an anti-flea vaccination at a free vaccine clinic in San Francisco. Flea-borne typhus infections tend to ...

Often confused with the flu, flea-borne typhus has seen a steady increase in the last five years in Texas, and the disease can make people sick. Fleas found on rats, opossums, cats and dogs can ...

Health officials are investigating a flea-borne typhus outbreak in Santa Monica, marking the second outbreak Los Angeles County has faced this year as cases of the bacterial infection continue to ...

The unanimously approved motion directs the County's Department of Public Health to coordinate with various other departments ...