Man in New Mexico Dies from the Plague, DOH Investigating

The Daily Mail: A man in New Mexico became the first American in years to die from the plague last week, health officials announced.

The unnamed patient was from Lincoln County, just south of Albuquerque, but no other details have been released about him – including his age or health status.

The New Mexico Department of Health said it was carrying out track and trace methods to see if anyone else had been infected. 

He is the first person in America to die from the plague – a disease that wiped out  half of Europe’s population in the 14th century – since 2020.

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