A pet owner has caught a rare case of the bubonic plague, health officials in central Oregon say, and it's believed they may have caught it from their cat. The Deschutes County Health Services ...

Health officials in Colorado are investigating a human case of the bubonic plague confirmed in a person in Pueblo County, the Department of Public Health and Environment said in a news release. The ...

A case of bubonic plague linked to a flea bite has been confirmed in South Lake Tahoe; authorities are stepping up ...

Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got the disease from a sick pet cat. The infected resident, the cat, and the resident's close contacts ...

A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for plague, a disease associated with medieval epidemics but is “rare” among humans today, health officials said. The El Dorado County Environmental ...

Arizona reported a fatality caused by pneumonic plague, a lung infection that can quickly lead to death if untreated. Human cases of plague, which is spread by fleas and infected mammals, are rare in ...