The Oregon Health Authority has tracked plague cases since 1934, with 21 cases in the past 91 years, including three in ...

The case happened a year ago in January, the earliest month for a plague case in Oregon in nearly a century. The Deschutes ...

Pneumonic Plague: The plague becomes “pneumonic” when infected droplets are inhaled. It presents as fever, weakness, cough and pneumonia. This is the only form that can be spread from person to person ...

Rachel Morales, a Valley paramedic, said she went camping in Flagstaff at the Hart Prairie Loop trail with her family for a ...

To help with these questions about the plague, CNN spoke with wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and ...

The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...

A Coconino County resident died of a rare case of pneumonic plague earlier this month. Dave Wagner, director of Northern ...

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to ...

A person in the US has died from the plague. Here’s what you should know - The death is a reminder that this historic disease, though rare nowadays, is not just a disease of the past ...

Pneumonic plague is often transmitted by fleas that have bitten infected rodents. The fleas can also infect pets or humans.