SAN DIEGO — Rickettsia is spread by ticks, lice, fleas, mites found in animals such as dogs. It lives in people’s bloodstream, slowly damaging their skin, lungs, brain and other organs until they die.

Veterinarians say peak tick season is underway, and researchers have confirmed a newly identified tick-borne illness that can ...

The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners is alerting health care providers to an increase in flea-borne typhus ...

Researchers have identified a new species of Rickettsia bacteria that may cause significant disease in dogs and humans. This new yet unnamed species, initially identified in three dogs, is part of the ...

Researchers have discovered a new tick-borne illness in dogs.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have confirmed that a species of Rickettsia first seen in dogs in 2018 is a new species of bacteria. The new species, dubbed Rickettsia finnyi, is ...

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — In Baja California, including the city of Tijuana, 19 deaths this year have been attributed to rickettsia, according to Adrián Medina Amarillas, the state’s secretary of ...

The tick hunter was hopeful he had found the cause of the disabling illness, recently named Lyme disease, that was spreading anxiety through leafy communities east of New York City. At a government ...

Lyme disease is not the only tick-borne illness affecting pets, with Anaplasma, Babesia, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia also on the rise. These diseases, while sometimes treated with similar antibiotics ...

The predatory mirid bug, Nesidiocoris tenuis, which preys on agricultural pests, is used as a biological control agent. This discovery has significant implications for biological control which ...