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The plague, aka the Black Death, made a reappearance in California last week after it infected a South Lake Tahoe resident.
The plague sounds like a distant threat, but a small number of serious cases of the disease occur every year. Experts explain ...
It is not just a scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague still exists, though it is rare. Here’s what to look for and how to ...
A resident of South Lake Tahoe, California, has been diagnosed with the plague, the state’s first human plague infection since 2020.
A California resident went camping in South Lake Tahoe and tested positive for a plague after a suspected infected flea bite, ...
The plague—aka the Black Death, aka the Great Pestilence—is rarely contracted today, yet it recently infected a South Lake ...
A person in California recently tested positive for plague, according to El Dorado County health officials. The individual ...
Plague is a “potentially life-threatening disease” caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, according to the U.S. Centers for ...
A resident of South Lake Tahoe has tested positive for the plague, El Dorado County health officials confirmed Tuesday, ...
A California resident tests positive for a variant of the bubonic plague after a flea bite while camping. The plague can lead ...
Plague is caused by bacteria carried by fleas that bite infected rodents. It's naturally occurring in the western U.S.
The disease is thankfully not nearly as fatal as when it sparked the infamous Black Death in England during the 14th century, ...