The report noted that Oregon’s 2024 case occurred earlier than the 18 cases that had been recorded over the past 90 years.

Recent laws instituted in the United States substantially cut funding to many government programs, especially those related to health or social well‐being.

The case happened a year ago in January, the earliest month for a plague case in Oregon in nearly a century. The Deschutes ...

The Oregon Health Authority has tracked plague cases since 1934, with 21 cases in the past 91 years, including three in ...

The Arizona case in July 2025 marks the first plague-related death in the region in nearly two decades.