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article Bubonic plague bacteria from a patient (CDC) HOLBROOK, Ariz. - County health officials in northeastern Arizona said a man has contracted the human plague and are warning the public to take precautions to limit the risk of exposure. Navajo County Assistant Manager Bryan Layton said Friday that a man over the age of 55…

A rapid test for plague pathogens. Jürgen Bätz/picture alliance via Getty Images A teenager has died of the bubonic plague in Mongolia, after a number of cases emerged in neighbouring China recently.The boy reportedly contracted the disease after hunting and eating a marmot. A herdsman contracted the plague in China previously. A 15-year-old boy has…

Share on PinterestColorized scanning electron microscope image of Yersinia pestis, which is responsible for plague.Living through a pandemic has heightened the public’s interest in infectious diseases. Just 7 short months ago, none of us would have expected society to freeze in response to a highly contagious pathogen.Recent news of a case of plague in Inner…

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese public health authorities are taking precautions to prevent a bubonic plague outbreak in a remote northern region after a herder contracted the disease, although the risk of large-scale infections is low with the availability of modern medicine.The health commission in Bayannur city in the region of Inner Mongolia raised its public…

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