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A resident of South Lake Tahoe has tested positive for the plague, El Dorado County health officials confirmed Tuesday, ...

Without wasting much time, Y. pestis arrived on the western coast of the U.S. in March 1900. Upon coming ashore, it infected ...

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The plague sounds like a distant threat, but a small number of serious cases of the disease occur every year. Experts explain ...

A South Lake Tahoe resident in California has tested positive for the plague, according to local authorities. The case was ...

According to the CDC, there are usually an average of seven human plague cases reported each year across the country, with most in New Mexico and Arizona.