That’s okay, just don’t let your cat get your eyes with its tongue. Yes, your beloved pet kitty, Fluffy or Mittens, could give you the dangerous illness known as Cat Scratch Fever. Through a ...

“You know you got it when you’re going insane.” Some of the lyrics from Ted Nugent’s 1977 song “Cat Scratch Fever” are not medically inaccurate, a new study suggests. In research ...

Welcome to the world of 10-year-old Kat and her relatively mild-mannered tiger-shark, Kenny, who live with Kat's baby brother, doctor mother and new-age dad. This afternoon, Kat's mother has to ...

A new study from the Centers For Disease Control highlights the risks of "cat-scratch disease," also known as cat-scratch fever. According to the CDC, there are 12,500 Americans diagnosed with the ...

“Cat scratch fever” is an infection caused by a kind of bacteria called Bartonella henselae. The images above are of a 22-year-old man who had been suffering with mental issues - the pictures ...

Only recently have doctors recognized cat-scratch disease to account for the previously unexplained aches and fevers that occasionally afflict cat fanciers. And there is still plenty for doctors ...

Known as 'cat-scratch disease', the illness can cause an intense fever, pustules and - if complications develop - can even result in death. Caused by bacteria transmitted from cat to cat by fleas ...

For example, the species Bartonella henselae is associated with cat scratch disease, which, until recently, was thought to be a self-limiting infection. "In contrast to the historical literature ...