October 30, 2015
From USAToday.com
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority said the a 16-year-old girl likely acquired bubonic plague from a flea bite during a hunting trip near Heppner on Oct. 16. She got sick five days later and was admitted to the intensive care unit at a Bend hospital.
Bubonic plague is a bacterial disease carried by rodents and their fleas, according to the CDC.