Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, can survive within the ubiquitous soil protozoan, the amoeba, by producing proteins that protect against the latter microbe’s digestion....

The City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, the New Mexico Department of Health and the Bernalillo County Health Protection Section announced today that a stray cat found in North Albuquerque...

Plague activity has been reported near the Great Western Reservoir Open Space related to a prairie dog die off, according to Broomfield Public Health and Environment Friday.  This is the first incident...

In early December 2016, the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Madagascar alerted WHO of a suspected plague outbreak in Befotaka district, Atsimo Atsinanana region in the south-eastern part of the country. The...

Plague, a disease many think of as something from the history books, is alive and well in many areas of the globe and is clearly no stranger to Madagascar. During the last decade, the island country reported...

Officials in Douglas County, Colorado has temporarily closed a 1.4 mile section of the Cherry Creek Regional Trail, adjacent to the Hungry Horse Open Space, after confirming plague in a nearby prairie...

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed new potential vaccines that protect animals against the bacteria that causes the deadly plague. These findings are detailed...

A domestic cat has tested positive for Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague, according to Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH). The cat, from the Evergreen area, is now under the care of a...

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) and the plague, plus updated news on Zika virus were the main topics on Sunday’s Outbreak News This Week Radio Show. In the first half, infectious disease...

The New Mexico Department of Health reports plague in a 67-year-old man from Bernalillo County whose illness was likely caused by a bite he sustained from a wild prairie dog from Santa Fe County. The man...