When introduced into the lungs, 10 to 50 Francisella tularensis organisms have the potential to cause a tularemia infection that can be fatal. As a result, the bacterium has previously been developed ...

The rabbit infected with tularemia was found in Tuscola, a small community south of Champaign, following weeks of reports of ill and dead squirrels in nearby Urbana. One of the rodents had also ...

TUSCOLA, Ill. (WAND) - The Douglas County Health Department is advising residents to watch for symptoms of tularemia after a dead rabbit infected with the disease was discovered in Tuscola.

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — A rabbit found dead in Tuscola was confirmed to have died from tularemia, officials in Douglas County said. Now, the Douglas County Health Department is encouraging ...

Minnesota typically reports an average of one human and two animal tularemia cases per year. But in 2024, the state confirmed infections in five people and 27 animals — a sharp increase from ...

TUSCOLA — Douglas County health officials are advising residents to monitor family members and pets for signs of illness after a rabbit in Tuscola was found to have died from tularemia.

Felines are common carries of tularemia — also called rabbit fever ... owners via bites or scratches — causing blisters and rashes that may lead to life-threatening infections like sepsis.