August 14, 2017
Navajo and Coconino County officials have both confirmed that fleas in the area tested positive for plague. Plague is an infectious disease infamous for killing millions of Europeans in the Middle Ages. (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County via AP)
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Fleas carrying Bubonic plague not foreign to Yavapai County
Be wary of rodent burrows and keep cats inside
Most folks might think a return of Bubonic plague is the thing of horror movies: a made-up scare conjured up from the Middle Ages when the “Black Death” killed two-thirds of the European population.
By Nanci Hutson
August 15, 2017
A second Arizona county in two weeks has confirmed that fleas in the area tested positive for plague.
By Associated Press
August 13, 2017