A pet cat in Evergreen, Colorado — about 30 miles west of Denver — has died from the plague, health officials said. The Jefferson County Public Health Department confirmed the case, noting it is not ...

Health officials in Colorado are investigating a human case of the bubonic plague confirmed in a person in Pueblo County, the Department of Public Health and Environment said in a news release. The ...

While medical treatment and sanitary improvements have lessened its impact, the bubonic plague — responsible for the Black Death in the 14th century — could still be alive in your backyard. Early in ...

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says there have been laboratory confirmed reports of plague in animals and fleas from six counties. One of the ...

The largest outbreak of pneumonic plague in the U.S. since 1924 that sickened four people in Colorado in 2014 all started with a sick pit bull, according to a report from the Centers for Disease ...

A 16-year-old in Colorado is dead after contracting a rare case of the plague. The following are five things to know about the story. 1. The teenager, Taylor Thomas Gaes, appeared to have the common ...

Four Colorado residents contracted the pneumonic plague from a local dog, according to the state Department of Public Health and Environment. The announcement came after an investigation of the death ...