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Wednesday, August 20, 2025 8:15PM A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for the plague, health officials said. SAN FRANCISCO — A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for the plague. Obviously, it’s nowhere near as dangerous as it was centuries ago, but officials warn it still needs to be taken seriously. UPDATE: What to know about plague …

California health officials said an individual living in South Lake Tahoe has tested positive for the plague after recently camping in the area. According to officials with El Dorado County, the individual is recovering at home under the care of a medical professional. The South Lake Tahoe resident believes they may have been bitten by an infected flea while camping. …

California health officials said an individual living in South Lake Tahoe has tested positive for the plague after recently camping in the area. According to officials with El Dorado County, the individual is recovering at home under the care of a medical professional. The South Lake Tahoe resident believes they may have been bitten by an infected flea while camping. …

Facebook Tweet Email Link A Lake Tahoe area resident has tested positive for plague, California health officials said Tuesday. Officials said they believed the resident was infected after being bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe area. The person is recovering at home and under the care of medical professionals, El Dorado County officials said …

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Health officials in California identified a positive case of plague in a Lake Tahoe resident. El Dorado County officials said in a release that they have notified the California Department of Health that a resident from South Lake Tahoe has plague. The person is recovering at home and is receiving medical care, the El Dorado County release said. No other …

A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for the plague — yes, the same pest-transmitted disease estimated to have killed 25 million Europeans in the Middle Ages. It is believed that the person contracted the rare and dangerous disease after being bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe area, according to El Dorado County …

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (KOLO) – A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for the plague. El Dorado County health officials say the unidentified resident is under the care of a medical professional and is recovering at home. Officials say they believe the person may have been bitten by an infected flea while camping in the South Lake Tahoe …

A South Lake Tahoe resident tested positive for the plague and is believed to have been bitten by an infected flea while camping in the area, El Dorado County health officials said on Tuesday.The person is now recovering at home. “Plague is naturally present in many parts of California, including higher elevation areas of El Dorado County,” Kyle Fliflet, El …

For thousands of years, a disease repeatedly struck ancient Eurasia, quickly spreading far and wide. The bite of infected fleas that lived on rats passed on the plague in its most infamous form — the Black Death of the 14th century — to humans, and remains its most common form of transmission today. During the Bronze Age, however, the plague …