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Colorado: Cat tests positive for plague in Jefferson County

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Health officials in Jefferson County, Colorado report a cat has tested positive for the plague bacteria in Evergreen, near Bergen Mountain Road and Stagecoach Boulevard and close...

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Colorado reports plague activity in six counties

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  By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is now reporting laboratory confirmed reports of plague in animals and fleas from six counties–...

Colorado plague: Confirmed in death of 10-year-old child

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the report of a possible human plague case in Colorado, state health authorities say plague was confirmed in a 10-year-old girl from La Plata County. The...

Plague death in Colorado (possible)

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Colorado state and local health officials report investigating a potential human plague death in the state. The victim is a resident of La Plata County. In this news...

Colorado reports 2nd human plague case of 2020

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is reporting the second case of human plague in the state this summer. The case, reported to the department...

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Colorado reports 1st human plague case in 5 years

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Colorado health officials stated that there was a human plague case diagnosed earlier this summer in a resident from southwest Colorado who had exposure to sick squirrels. The...

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Plague: Weld County prairie dog colony die-off, Colorado is seeing increased activity

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Health officials in Weld County, Colorado reported a mass die-off this week at a prairie dog colony in the rural southwest part of the county. The risk of public exposure...

Wild rabbit found in El Paso County positive for plague

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El Paso County Public Health Department announced finding a dead wild rabbit  near a prairie dog burrow in in Yoder. Testing on the animal revealed it had contracted and died from plague. Public health...

Bubonic plague case confirmed in a La Plata County resident

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The state of Colorado has reported their fifth case of plague in 2014 in a La Plata County resident, according to the San Juan Basin Health Department (SJBH). County health officials in coordination with...

Colorado plague case count now at four

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In a follow-up to a story last week of a Colorado man and his pet dog who contracted plague, The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has identified three additional Colorado residents...