Sometimes, a scratch is just a scratch. That’s the balm of fresh news coming out of a wave of new studies reversing ...

Cat-scratch disease (a.k.a. cat scratch fever) is caused by Bartonella henselae, a bacteria your cat picks up from fleas. A feline passes it on to you by scratching you, biting, licking a wound ...

"My cat had her back left leg removed due to severe cancer and she tries to scratch with it all the time (it's been almost 5 years)," commented one user. Another added: "My cat does this too. He ...

How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity might be the year's first essential new book. NPR's Renita Jablonski picks up the book, and her cat, to see if he has what it takes to be a star on the Web.

You can also get it by kissing your cat or touching your cat. Nothing is safe. Each year, around 12,000 people get the disease that causes symptoms like a bump or blister near the scratch, fatigue ...

“You know you got it when you’re going insane.” The lyrics from Ted Nugent’s 1977 song “Cat Scratch Fever” are not medically inaccurate, a new study says.

This connection between kitties and mental illness is, disturbingly, growing increasingly strong. A new study has found that a bacteria known for causing the disease cat-scratch fever — named ...

Fact: Cats will scratch everything in your home except the expensive purpose-made scratching post you bought them. Shredding a sofa is always better than following the rules for these devil ...

Cat scratch disease is an infection caused by the bacteria Bartonella henselae. The disease can result from either a cat scratch or bite or, more rarely, from a flea bite.

You can get rabies from a cat scratch, but this is extremely rare. Most rabies transmissions happen when someone is bitten by an infected animal. Rabies is a preventable but fatal nervous system ...

MENTAL HEALTH ‘Cat scratch’ fever may cause human madness, study says Some of the lyrics from Ted Nugent’s 1977 song 'Cat Scratch Fever' are not medically inaccurate, a new study suggests ...