Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say they've discovered a new bacteria in rabbit ticks in Maine that's ...

Tularemia, which can affect humans and pets, found in central Illinois after weeks of reports of ill and dead squirrels in nearby Urbana.

A UMass Amherst center has found and studied two ticks in Maine that can possibly infect people with rare, possibly fatal, ...

A rabbit in Tuscola and a squirrel in Urbana, Illinois, tested positive for tularemia, prompting health warnings and advice ...

Spotted Fever Rickettsioses is the main danger of bacteria found in this new strain of Rickettsia. The UMass lab working on ...

Mass General's Dr. Ali Raja says the new strain can cause spotted fevers and that it has never been seen before. It's rare to ...

Health officials are urging pet owners and landscapers to be aware as a bacterial disease detected in central Illinois this ...

A dead rabbit found in Central Illinois tested positive for a rare bacterial disease, prompting health officials to urge ...

A University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill modeling study suggests that wild-habitat disruption may be contributing ...

Some Illinois residents and pet owners are being urged to use caution after a dead rabbit was diagnosed with tularemia in recent days.

Spring fever has officially taken over, and that means more hiking, yard work, and random road trips to places we can't spell ...

A rabbit found dead in Tuscola was confirmed to have died from tularemia, officials in Douglas County said. Now, the Douglas ...