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

Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...

An Oregon resident was recently infected with bubonic plague, marking the state’s first known case of the illness in nearly a decade. The person likely contracted the disease from a pet cat ...

An Oregon resident was recently infected with bubonic plague, marking the state’s first known case of the illness in nearly a decade. The person likely contracted the disease from a pet cat ...

The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that was likely first introduced in North America around 1900 from rats on ships coming from South Asia, according to Timothy Brewer, M ...

An Oregon resident was recently infected with bubonic plague, marking the state’s first known case of the illness in nearly a decade. The person likely contracted the disease from a pet cat ...

An Oregon resident was recently infected with bubonic plague, marking the state’s first known case of the illness in nearly a decade. The person likely contracted the disease from a pet cat ...

An Oregon resident was recently infected with bubonic plague, marking the state’s first known case of the illness in nearly a decade. The person likely contracted the disease from a pet cat ...

An Oregon resident was recently infected with bubonic plague, marking the state’s first known case of the illness in nearly a decade. The person likely contracted the disease from a pet cat ...

An Oregon resident was recently infected with bubonic plague, marking the state’s first known case of the illness in nearly a decade. The person likely contracted the disease from a pet cat ...

An Oregon resident was recently infected with bubonic plague, marking the state’s first known case of the illness in nearly a decade. The person likely contracted the disease from a pet cat ...