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Restocking an African lake may ameliorate a debilitating plague  The Economist Source link

CHICAGO — The postseason comes at a team fast. It can go by quickly, too. Two days after completing a regular season that spans six months, four teams find themselves on the precipice of elimination. One of those teams is the Padres, who lost Game 1 of their National League Wild Card Series on Tuesday in the same way they …

Travelers in the US are being warned about an ‘unprecedented’ risk of the plague as rodent numbers explode across the country.  Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Richmond blamed rising temperatures and urbanization for an increase in infestations.  Looking at cities around the world, they found the US saw some of the highest upticks in rodent populations, with Washington the …

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Health reported Wednesday a case of plague in a 77-year-old man from Bernalillo County. According to NMDOH, the man spent time in the hospital but doctors discharged him. He is the second reported plague case this year. There have been no deaths from plague. Plague is a bacterial disease of rodents, …

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) – A mass die-off of prairie dogs in a Colorado county has health officials concerned that it could be the plague. La Plata County Public Health Department (LPCPH) announced Monday that it was investigating several once-active prairie dog colonies where there was now little to no activity detected. While for many, the word “plague” conjures …

No confirmed cases yet, but residents advised to take precautions The La Plata County Public Health department is on the hunt for plague after confirmed reports of mass prairie dog deaths were reported in August. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file) La Plata County Public Health is investigating a large prairie dog die-off that has raised suspicions of plague in several undisclosed …

A New Mexico man recently went camping in Rio Arriba County, near the Santa Fe National Forest, and came home with the bubonic plague. The New Mexico Department of Health says the 43-year-old camper is the first human case of the plague in New Mexico so far this year. A person camping in northern California, near Lake Tahoe, similarly contracted …

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New Mexico plague patient was likely exposed to disease while camping  The Independent New Mexico man diagnosed with plague in state’s 1st human case this year: Officials  ABC News Plague infects New Mexico man after run of cases in western states  The Independent Plague cases reported in New Mexico, California, and Arizona  WKRC New Mexico reports first plague case of 2025  KOAT Source link

By ELEN JOHNSTON, HEALTH REPORTER Published: 17:13, 26 August 2025 | Updated: 17:14, 26 August 2025 An illuminating video has captured in alarming detail exactly what happens to the body after catching the plague.  The medieval illness—one of the most deadly in history—ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351 and killed tens of millions of people. Cases of the condition, dubbed …