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–...

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...

By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 Health officials in Coconino County, AZ are reporting that fleas collected in the Baderville area, northwest of Flagstaff, have tested positive for plague (Yersinia pestis). Collecting...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAC DPH) is reporting an endemic flea-borne typhus outbreak in downtown Los Angeles. Between July and September 2018, health officials identified...

San Diego County health officials urged pet owners who let their animals outside to remember to protect their pets — and themselves — from fleas after a county resident has recovered from a relatively...

For the second week in a row, officials in Coconino County, AZ  report Yersinia pestis positive fleas discovered in the county. Last week fleas collected in the Red Lake area, approximately five miles...

Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of BRAVECTO® (fluralaner topical solution) for both...

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Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center have identified and mapped areas of high probability of plague bacteria in the western United States. Their findings were published in a recent edition of the...