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A 3-year-old East Mountains boy has died of bubonic plague, marking the first fatal case of the disease in New Mexico this year, the state Health Department has confirmed.
"Our sympathies go out to this young boy's family and friends," C. Mack Sewell, the department's state epidemiologist, said Thursday night. "Avoiding sick or dead rodents and teaching your children not to play near rodent nests are two ways to protect yourself from the plague."
The city of Albuquerque's Environmental Health Department and the state Health Department are conducting an environmental investigation to determine if there is any risk to other people in the area.
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A New Mexico man in isolation at a New York City hospital tested positive for bubonic plague, the dangerous bacterial disease that has not been seen in the city in at least a century, health officials said Wednesday.
City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden said the 53-year-old-man's wife is also likely to have contracted the disease.
The man was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday, while his 47-year-old wife was hospitalized in stable condition. The Santa Fe couple was visiting New York.
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Originally posted by eliw777
"Wow! Don't you ever have problems with Indians down there?"
Originally posted by laiguana
I hate mammals of all kinds. They always carry the worst diseases.
A 3-year-old East Mountains boy has died of bubonic plague, marking the first fatal case of the disease in New Mexico this year, the state Health Department has confirmed.
Many people don't realize that New Mexico is part of the United States of America. Too many things are overlooked about our great state on the national level, good or bad.