The Center for Disease Control and Prevention this week warned of a deadly disease that is linked to ticks. The illness has taken hundreds of lives in the span of five years

An outbreak of the tickborne disease Rocky Mountain spotted fever has caused at least five illnesses, including three deaths, in the US since July, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Friday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an alert for Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever after at least five U.S. residents have contracted the disease since July following travels to Mexico.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning travelers to Baja California, Mexico, about Rocky Mountain spotted fever, a potentially fatal bacterial disease that spreads through the bite of an infected brown dog tick,

RMSF is "endemic" in border states in northern Mexico and areas of the southwestern United States, the CDC said.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a travel advisory for Mexico Friday, citing “reports” of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. “There have been reports of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in people traveling to the United States from Tecate,