Bubonic plague— the kind contracted by the Oregon resident — happens when the plague bacteria gets into the lymph nodes. It can cause fever, headache, weakness and painful, swollen lymph nodes. It usually happens from the bite of an infected flea, according to the CDC. Septicemic plaguesymp...
Plague symptoms can manifest in a few ways. Bubonic plague — the kind contracted by the Oregon resident — happens when the plague bacteria get into the lymph nodes. It can cause fever, headache, weakness and painful, swollen lymph nodes. It usually h...
Apet ownerhas 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 confirmed the case of the plague in a local resident last week. The resident was likely "infe...
Oregon Teenager Diagnosed with Bubonic PlagueA teenager in Oregon has been diagnosed with bubonic plague, the illness that killed tens of...Muskal, Michael
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. From Seattle Times On the larger side of the small-mammal spectrum are squirrels, known to spread bubonic plague, which was known as the Black Death when ...
The bubonic plague hasn't been confirmed in a human in Colorado since 2006, when four cases were reported, according to state health officials. But, this past June, a man in Oregon contracted the disease after a cat bit him while he was trying to take a rat out of its mouth. Federal...
One more reason to fight flea infestation: two Oregon residents (and their dog) contract bubonic plague, probably from fleas.(CANINE NEWS YOU CAN USE)Kerns, Nancy
A person in Deschutes County, Oregon, has been diagnosed with a case ofbubonicplague, making them the state’s first confirmed case of this rare bacterial infection since 2015. The person was probably infected by their cat, and “all close contacts of the resident and their pet have been co...