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The bacteria is transmitted through the bites of infected fleas that can spread it between rodents, pets & humans.

People can also get #plague through touching infected bodily fluids. #Health experts recommend taking extra care when handling dead or sick animals.

Most cases happen in rural areas of northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, southern Colorado, California, southern Oregon & far western Nevada, according to the #CDC.

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#Plague is a bacterial infection known for killing tens of millions in 14th century Europe. Today, it’s easily treated w/ #antibiotics.

The bubonic plague is the most common form of the bacterial infection, which spreads naturally among rodents….

There are 2 other forms: septicemic plague that spreads through the whole body, & pneumonic plague that infects the lungs.

Pneumonic plague is the most deadly & easiest to spread.

A resident of northern #Arizona has died from Pneumonic Plague.

#Plague is rare to humans, w/ on avg ~7 cases reported annually in the #US, most of them in the western states, acc/to federal #health ofcls.

The death in #CoconinoCounty, which includes #Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local ofcls said. Further details including the identify of the victim were not released.

#PublicHealth #Science #Medicine #HHS #RFKJr #Trump
apnews.com/article/pneumonic-p

#misinformation

It races like wildfires in the tinder-dry Canadian woodlands. To learn what is true takes time and effort - and access to credible sources.

If you're concerned about public health, this NY Times piece is worth reading carefully; worth talking about; worth sharing.

Karl
formerly a patient representative and consultant to the FDA.

Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.
How #Trump through #RFKJR is dismantling the agency.

nytimes.com/2025/07/08/magazin

The New York Times · Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.By Jeneen Interlandi

So, like, why isn't #RFKjr focusing on this shit?!! Oh, 'cuz the bossman is a total #Corporate SUCK UP!

#Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research shows

#Diquat is banned in the UK, EU, China and other countries. The US has resisted calls to regulate it

Tom Perkins
Sun 6 Jul 2025

theguardian.com/environment/20

The Guardian · Weedkiller ingredient widely used in US can damage organs and gut bacteria, research showsBy Tom Perkins

Keep 'em coming

Via Kyle Griffin:

Major medical organizations are suing #RFKJr and HHS over vaccine-related actions — including removing a recommendation that children and pregnant women get a COVID shot — that they call a "public health emergency that demands immediate legal action and correction." nbcnews.com/health/health-news

NBC News · RFK Jr. sued by pediatricians, other medical groups over Covid vaccinesBy Erika Edwards

"A pregnant physician who was denied a Covid vaccine is suing the Trump admin alongside a group of leading doctors associations, charging that the admin sought to “desensitize the public to anti-vaccine & anti-science rhetoric."

The lawsuit specifically takes aim at #RFKJR’s unilateral decision to recommend against Covid vaccines for pregnant women & healthy children."
#Covid #Vaccines #Health #Science #HHS #CDC #USPol theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j

The Guardian · Pregnant doctor denied Covid-19 vaccine sues Trump administrationBy Jessica Glenza

"The American Academy of Pediatrics and other physician groups on Monday sued HHS Secretary #RFKjr for unilaterally changing federal COVID vaccine recommendations":
axios.com/2025/07/07/doctors-l
RFK Jr. and his underlings "strip Americans of their choice to vaccinate with actions that thoroughly disregard overwhelming scientific evidence and decades of established federal processes." This lawsuit is a reaction to that mismanagement.
#GoodNews #healthcare #extremism #politics #lawfare

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Axios · Docs sue RFK Jr. over COVID vax policy changesBy Maya Goldman