US EditionMan Diagnosed with Bubonic Plague After US Camping Trip, Sparking Health Alert
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Man diagnosed with bubonic plague after US camping trip, sparking health alert
A California man was diagnosed with the plague after being bitten by a flea while camping. He is recovering, and authorities are investigating.Case of plague in a human has been reported in El Dorado, California. Photo: Wikipedia CommonsA man living in South Lake Tahoe, California, has tested positive for plague, a serious illness caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The patient, whose identity has not been released, is under medical care an…
Lake Tahoe Camping Trip Results in Rare Plague Case
A recent camping trip around South Lake Tahoe has resulted in California’s latest confirmed case of plague. The incident serves as a stark reminder that this ancient disease still lurks in some of America’s most frequented outdoor destinations. El Dorado County health officials announced this week that a local resident tested positive for plague after likely being bitten by an infected flea during a camping excursion in the popular Sierra Nevada…
A case of plague has been confirmed in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe, in northern California. The person would have been infected by a flea by campingFor many, it evokes this distant Middle Ages plague, the black plague, which cost the lives of more than 25 million Europeans in the 14th century. Or the novel by Albert Camus published in 1947, in which the inhabitants of Oran, struck by an epidemic, find themselves cut off from the world. One can im…
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