A resident of South Lake Tahoe, California, has been diagnosed with the plague, the state’s first human plague infection since 2020.

The plague, aka the Black Death, made a reappearance in California last week after it infected a South Lake Tahoe resident.

The plague—aka the Black Death, aka the Great Pestilence—is rarely contracted today, yet it recently infected a South Lake ...

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A resident of South Lake Tahoe has tested positive for the plague, El Dorado County health officials confirmed Tuesday, ...

Without wasting much time, Y. pestis arrived on the western coast of the U.S. in March 1900. Upon coming ashore, it infected ...

( KTXL) — A resident of South Lake Tahoe, California, has tested positive for the plague, health officials have confirmed.

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According to the CDC, there are usually an average of seven human plague cases reported each year across the country, with most in New Mexico and Arizona.

Plague is a “potentially life-threatening disease” caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, according to the U.S. Centers for ...