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 According to a Xinhua report, a 40-year-old woman of Yaruu soum (administrative subdivision) of  Zavkhan province in western Mongolia has a suspected case of bubonic plague. Confirmation...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Center for Zoonotic Diseases in Mongolia reported a confirmed bubonic plague death Tuesday in a teen in  Tseel soum, Govi-Altai province in the west of the country. ...

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 Mongolia’s National Center for Zoonotic Diseases (NCZD) reported today of a case of bubonic plague in an individual from the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. It is reported that...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Laboratory testing completed last week has recently confirmed plague in a Fremont County cat, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). The Lander-area cat is an indoor-outdoor...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Montezuma County Public Health has identified a human case of plague in a Montezuma County resident. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and Montezuma...

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...