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The report noted that Oregon's 2024 case occurred earlier than the 18 cases that had been recorded over the past 90 years.
Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...
A MAN started growing boils up his arm just hours after catching the bubonic plague from his pet cat. The 73-year-old from Oregon, US, had accidentally cut his finger with a kitchen knife in ...
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Man Catches Plague From His Cat
In a rare, off-season occurrence, a man in Oregon contracted plague from his infected cat, researchers reported.
Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.
A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...
The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...
Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.
A patient died of bubonic plague just hours after checking into the Flagstaff Medical Center in northern Arizona.
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.