Health Officials: Wildlife, Especially Feral Cats and Opossums, Driving Pasadena's Typhus Spike.

Urban wildlife is behind the epidemic-level spread of typhus reported in Pasadena, and keeping feral cats and opossums out of yards and away from people is the key to reining in the serious disease, health officials said.
At least 20 people in Pasadena have come down with murine typhus this year, Pasadena interim spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.