Australia Parts of Australia are battling the “plague” of rats. Most rural parts of New South Wales and Queensland are infested with millions of rats, which have taken over farmland, homes, stores, hospitals and cars. They are also eating everything in sight. Reuters reports that the bumper grain crop in …
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On July 14, Jefferson County Public Health officials announced that they found the first case of bubonic plague in a squirrel. Only three days later, the first human case of bubonic plague was confirmed. The first human cases of the plague came from Inner Mongolia when two brothers were hospitalized …
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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. The “Black Death” returned to Colorado after an infected squirrel transmitted bubonic plague to a human in the state for the first time in five years. It occurs when health …
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A Colorado resident was infected with the plague after a squirrel in the state tested positive for bubonic plague, the first human case in Centennial State since 2015, according to a report. The unidentified person, who lives in the southwestern section of the state, contracted septic plague earlier this summer …
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A southwest Colorado resident was infected with plague after exposure to sick squirrels earlier this summer, the state’s first confirmed case of the disease in humans since 2015. But health officials emphasized that the public only needs to take normal precautions. Plague, a bacterial disease that is usually transmitted by …
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