Plague — United States
The Oregon Health Authority’s Public Health Division is confirming a case of bubonic plague in a teenage Crook County girl. The girl is believed to have acquired the disease from a flea bite during a hunting trip near Heppner in Morrow County on 18 Oct 2015. She reportedly fell ill 3 days later and was hospitalized in Bend the same day. She is recovering in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
Oregon Public Health and the CDC epidemiologists are working with health officials in Crook,
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