Bubonic plague found in Arizona
A BACTERIAL infection that wiped out about 50 million people during the Middle Ages has turned up in Arizona.
Health officials in two Arizona counties have confirmed that local fleas there are carrying the bubonic plague.
Navajo County health officials issued a warning about fleas testing positive for Yersinia pestis, the plague bacteria, on Friday. A week before, neighboring Coconino County found fleas on prairie dogs carrying the deadly disease.
In June, two people were confirmed to have the plague in New Mexico.