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Cases of flea-borne typhus are rising in Southern California.

The Los Angeles County Public Health Department identified 220 cases of flea-borne typhus last year, a big increase over the 187 cases in 2024.

Experts say humans, animals and vectors play a part in transmission for the disease that is typically spread by infected fleas.