NewsDesk @bactiman63 Health officials with San Juan Basin Public Health (SJBPH) and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) report investigating a confirmed case of human plague...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 China news source, Global Times tweeted the following on Sunday: Two more cases of bubonic plague were reported in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday,...

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 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...

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...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews New Mexico state health officials reported the first human case of bubonic plague in the state this year Friday. The patient – a resident of Torrance County...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produced updated recommendations for the...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia pestis, which causes plague – the...