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 ...

A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The ...

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Health officials issue warnings as bacteria and stormwater runoff contaminate beaches nationwide, closing popular swimming locations before the July 4th holiday.

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

A bubonic plague death has been confirmed in the US for the first time in eight years. The victim, of Coconino County, showed ...

Globally, between 1,000 and 2,000 cases of plague are reported to the World Health Organization each year, although only an average of seven annual cases of are reported in the U.S. Spread and ...

How common is the plague? Since 2000, the CDC has received reports of one to 17 cases of the plague per year. In 2015, 16 cases of plague were reported and, in 2016, there were only 4 cases.

The plague is fairly uncommon but not eradicated. WHO reports up to 2,000 people are infected every year, including an average of seven people in the US.

Plague is very rare, with an average seven cases reported annually in the U.S. Colorado public health officials have confirmed a human case of plague in a Pueblo County resident, according to the ...