NewsDesk @bactiman63 For the first time worldwide, a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that is 100% effective...

On this episode I go over Y. pestis. Why is there concern about encountering Y. pestis in the laboratory? What do you do if you encounter potential bioterror agents? How does the laboratory handle those?...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Madagascar Tribune reports (computer translated): The plague strikes very close to the capital. Approximately 75 km from Antananarivo in Ambohimiadana, Antsaharatsy, Ampanotokana...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Health Commission reported a recent pneumonic plague case in Shannan, Tibet Autonomous Region. The case involves a 38-year-old male patient living in Shannan. He was...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Mongolia Ministry of Health in Ulaanbaatar posted on their Facebook page Monday (computer translated): On September 12, 2022, a citizen from Khovd Province, developed symptoms...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) reported Thursday a case of plague in a rural Albany County cat. The cat died of the bacterial disease. The cat’s home was in the Laramie...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to a email to ProMED Mail on July 31, officials with the Plague Surveillance and Control Center (CSLP), Bunia, DRC report 537 suspected plague cases in the health zone of...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the bubonic plague case reported from Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reports: The case...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A bubonic plague case has been reported in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, according to state media. The case prompted a level IV emergency response on plague...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A prairie dog in the Hesperus/Breen area tested positive for Yersinia pestis, which is the bacteria that causes plague on Friday, July 15. Fleas from the prairie dog colony have been...