Plague — United States
The New Mexico Department of Health says it’s discovered plague in 3 dogs in the East Mountains.
The department says in a news release that the dogs were several miles from Edgewood and were confirmed to have plague this year.
Plague is a bacterial disease that can be fatal but in most cases causes fever, chills, headache and weakness.
It can be passed from animals to people by direct contact.
New Mexico saw 4 human plague cases in 2016, although nobody died. There were also 4
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