Colorado reports 1st human plague case in 5 years

By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Colorado health officials stated that there was a human plague case diagnosed earlier this summer in a resident from southwest Colorado who had exposure to sick squirrels. The patient had septicemic plague, which is in the blood and cannot be spread to other people. The resident recovered, and no other cases were identified. [...]

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