About three weeks ago, health officials in Idaho reported a plague case in a Elmore County cat, which was treated and recovered. Yesterday, officials with the Central District Health Department say lab...

Laboratory tests indicate an Elmore County cat was infected with plague. The cat had recent contact with a rodent, which may have been a ground squirrel, or “whistle pig,” before becoming ill. The...

Idaho state health officials are reporting on the first confirmed human case of plague identified in the state since 1992. A child in southern Idaho’s Elmore County is currently recovering from the...

As of Friday, laboratory tests indicate that an Elmore County cat died from plague, and initial tests on a second cat have come back as positive. Additional testing is being done. Both cats had contact...

In a follow-up to a report of the plague deaths of ground squirrels reported in Ada and Elmore counties, Idaho, the Central District Health Department reported Friday the death of  a Elmore County...

Preliminary tests of ground squirrels (whistle pigs) found dead in desert areas of Ada and Elmore counties have come back positive for plague.  Idaho public health and Idaho Fish and Game officials are...