CIUDAD JU\u00c1REZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Ju\u00e1rez, through some of its departments, announced a new campaign to stop the spread of\u00a0rickettsiosis\u00a0in the region. More than 20 deaths related to the insect-borne disease have been reported this year so far, according to the Ju\u00e1rez Ecology Department.<\/p>\n
The disease, transmitted by ticks, exhibits a high mortality rate (44%) due to delayed diagnoses, with cases concentrated primarily among young adults aged 25-44.<\/p>\n
Rickettsiosis\u00a0in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez reached critical levels in 2026, according to health and ecology officials. At least 20 deaths and 32 suspected cases have been reported as of today.<\/p>\n
The Chihuahua Secretariat of Health (Secretar\u00eda de Salud de Chihuahua) reports that, from January 1 through May 23, 2026, a total of 63 confirmed cases of rickettsiosis and 32 deaths have been recorded within the state.<\/p>\n
The municipalities where these cases occurred are: Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez with 36, Chihuahua with 16, Aquiles Serd\u00e1n with 5, Aldama and Meoqui with 2 cases each, and Rosales and Delicias with one case each. Of these, 20 deaths were reported in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, 8 in the municipality of Chihuahua, 2 in the municipality of Aldama, 1 in the municipality of Meoqui, and 1 in the municipality of Rosales, bringing the total number of deaths to 29.<\/p>\n
During the same period in 2025, records showed 27 confirmed cases and 11 deaths.<\/p>\n
ABC-7 spoke with health and ecology departments in El Paso and in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez to learn more about what’s being done to prevent more cases on the border.<\/p>\n
Watch the full story tonight on ABC-7 at 5 and 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CIUDAD JU\u00c1REZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Ju\u00e1rez, through some of its departments, announced a new campaign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-317980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}