Though rare, the bubonic plague is present in certain areas of the United States. Here's how to treat and prevent the deadly plague.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, there are three types of plague. Which type that you have depends on where in your body Yersinia pestis ends up. Bubonic plague infects the lymph nodes, septicemic ...

(NEXSTAR) — Northern Arizona recently recorded its first pneumonic plague-related death since 2007. Early last year, Oregon saw its first case of the bubonic plague since 2015. Person-to-person spread ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

A case of bubonic plague has been reported in Oregon. Although the Black Death devastated Europe in the 1300s, the plague does exist around the world today. Cases of the plague also appear in the ...

Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected populations in Western Asia, Africa, and Europe. After that, in the 14th century, ...

Microscopic photos shoe the Yersinia pestis bacterium, in yellow, which causes bubonic plague. Photo from National Institutes of Health A New Mexico man died after being hospitalized for bubonic ...

Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who probably got the disease from a sick pet cat. The infected resident and the person’s close contacts have all ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2020. Q: I caught the end of a news report about pets and the plague. I ...