After a case of bubonic plague was confirmed in Oregon earlier this week, some people may wonder if there’s a danger of the disease spreading in the U.S. The Oregon resident, who was the first to ...

A human case of the plague has been confirmed in Colorado. A resident of Pueblo County, Colorado has been infected with the disease, health officials confirmed in a news release. The infected person's ...

There are more than 2,000 species of tiny (0.04 to 0.15 inches), wingless, blood-sucking fleas that live on the body of the host they infest. Although fleas cannot fly, they have developed powerful ...

(CNN) — A person died from pneumonic plague in Arizona last week, the first death from the disease in this region in nearly two decades. This death might bring to mind the bubonic plague, the form of ...

After a El Dorado County resident tested positive for the plague, Californians may be wondering about their risks of contracting the deadly disease. A South Lake Tahoe resident was recently diagnosed ...

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 ...

A person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in this region in 18 years. But it's a stark reminder that this historic ...