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

Tularemia — also known as “rabbit fever” — is a “serious but rare” infectious disease that is commonly found in animals, but ...

In 2024, five people and 27 animals in Minnesota contracted the rare bacterial disease tularemia in the seven-county ...

Tularemia is a bacterial infection caused by Francisella tularensis. As the name rabbit fever suggests, tularemia is most common in rabbits. However, it can also affect other species, including ...

Francisella tularensis is generally found in infected animals, such as rabbits, which is why the disease is also known as rabbit fever. While human infections are infrequent, those that do occur are ...