The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a case study on Thursday that documents a dog in Colorado infecting humans with pneumonic plague in the United States. In June of 2014, a ...

A prairie dog colony in Weld County, Colo., suffering from the plague – a serious bacterial disease that can spread to humans – has since died off, state wildlife officials announced this week. The ...

When an outbreak of sylvatic plague decimated black-tailed prairie dog numbers in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in 2017, researchers saw an opportunity for a "natural experiment" to explore the ...

Parts of a Colorado wildlife refuge remain closed off on Sunday after officials first discovered plague-infected prairie dogs there in late July. Wildlife and nature areas near Denver have been shut ...

No known human exposure to the rodent, its colony or fleas in the area A prairie dog in the Hesperus-Breen area has tested positive for plague. Fleas from the prairie dog’s colony have been collected ...

The sudden death of a Northern Arizona resident due to the pneumonic plague- a diseases that is the known cause of the century old health crisis bubonic plague, has raised alarm among the locals and ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The plague has been confirmed in prairie dogs in the Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, and the greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem, according to the ...

Rodent tests positive for plague in Santa Fe County ...

Residents may hate them, but businesses dealing with the burrowing rodent are having a banner season In August, the San Juan Basin Health Department confirmed that a burrow of prairie dogs ridden with ...

"Our goal is to make sure these concerts go off as smoothly as possible while preserving the safety of all attendees," Phish said in a statement Colonies of plague-infected prairie dogs, that roam the ...

SANTA FE COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A rodent in Santa Fe County has been diagnosed with plague, marking the first confirmed wild ...