San Diego County officials said Friday that additional ticks found along the Lopez Canyon Trail in Sorrento Valley have tested positive for a bacterial disease known as “rabbit fever.” The ticks were ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified a new strain of bacteria in rabbit ticks across Maine that could cause spotted fevers. This group of diseases includes Pacific ...

Tularemia is a zoonotic disease sometimes called rabbit fever or beaver fever, and most commonly affected wildlife species are beavers, muskrats and rabbits. In 2025, three cases have been reported in ...

Rabbit fever, commonly referred to as tularaemia, is an uncommon bacterial infection caused by Francisella tularensis. Although uncommon, incidents have lately increased in the United States, with a ...