Plague — United States
Health officials are investigating what they are calling the 1st recorded case of human plague in Georgia. An unidentified Georgia resident was infected while hiking in California. The California Department of Public Health said that the “presumptive positive case” occurred when the tourist visited in early August 2015.
The Georgia Public Health Laboratory confirmed later Wednesday, 19 Aug 2015, that the patient did test positive for bubonic plague. The CDC is also conducting tests to
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