The plague is back in the news since a person from California was diagnosed and treated for the flea-borne illness. But in reality, while plague sounds very scary, it’s treatable early on. And it ...

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 domestic cat died of the bubonic plague in Colorado just weeks after a man in Arizona died of the same troubling disease, according to authorities. The cat, from Evergreen, was diagnosed with the ...

Bubonic Plague: A Lak Tahoe area resident has tested positive for plague, as confirmed by the California health officials on Tuesday. The officials have confirmed that the resident was infected after ...

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A critical care doctor's quick, outside-the-box thinking saved a girl's life. Sept. 6, 2012 — -- A pediatric critical care doctor's quick, outside-the-box thinking saved the life of a 7-year-old ...

Sarah Jane Downing has now taken her first steps since fighting for her life. Sept. 9, 2012 — -- Sierra Jane Downing, the 7-year-old Colorado girl who contracted the bubonic plague while camping ...

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 ...