Black Death Discovered In Oregon: Man Contracts Bubonic Plague From Cat, Hospitalized In ‘Critical Condition’

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Black Death Discovered In Oregon: Man Contracts Bubonic Plague From Cat, Hospitalized In ‘Critical Condition’

WSJ – The Black Death, a strain of bubonic plague that destroyed nearly a third of Europe’s entire population between 1347 and 1369, has been found in Oregon. Health officials in Portland have confirmed that a man contracted the plague after getting bitten by a cat. The unidentified man, who is currently in his 50s, had tried to pry a dead mouse from a stray cat’s mouth on June 2 when the cat attacked him. A few days after getting bitten, the resident from the rural town of Prineville in Crook County developed a fever. read article

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