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article Bubonic plague bacteria from a patient (CDC) HOLBROOK, Ariz. - County health officials in northeastern Arizona said a man has contracted the human plague and are warning the public to take precautions to limit the risk of exposure. Navajo County Assistant Manager Bryan Layton said Friday that a man over the age of 55 was being treated for the disease amid an investigation into how it was contracted. Humans typically get plague after being bitten by an infected flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an animal infected with plague. Modern antibiotics are effective in treating plague, though the disease can cause serious illness or death without prompt treatment. The Navajo County Health Department encouraged people to avoid rodent burrows...

The news Monday regarding AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN)'s trial of coronavirus vaccine AZD1222 seemed to be the type of information that would push a stock's price up, not down. Interim results from the phase 1/2 trial of the company's vaccine, which was developed in partnership with Oxford University, suggested that it drove antibody and T-cell immune responses against COVID-19 in each of the study's 1,077 participants. While the trial is only into its third month, that's a big deal. No COVID-19 vaccine has yet been approved. An article in The Lancet cited the World Health Organization as saying that there are more than 137 coronavirus vaccine candidates in clinical trials and 23 more in the preclinical stage. The AZD1222 study is one of only two such candidates now entering the third stage of ...

The United States passed a grim milestone Thursday, exceeding 4 million confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 145,000 deaths nationwide. As the virus continues to spread in more than 30 states, experts say it could be a while before the country sees the end of this surge of infections. In the early months of the pandemic in the U.S., the number of daily deaths peaked around mid-April, with more than 2,300 reported fatalities, before gradually falling to less than 1,000 deaths per day. Daily cases, which had fallen to a plateau of around 20,000 in mid-May through early June, have reached record highs in recents weeks. Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak But the changing demographics of the latest outbreaks across the country, combined with inconsistent mitigation strategies by sta...

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Testing at state-run sites can provide results in about 7-10 days. Tulsa Health Department, using a mix of public and private labs to process about 600 specimens weekly, provides results within an average of three calendar days. Testing in Tulsa County is available at these locations: OU-Tulsa, 4502 E. 41st St, Tulsa, OK 74135 OU-Tulsa Wayman Tisdale Specialty Health Clinic, 591 E. 36th St. North OSU Center for Health Sciences, 1111 W. 17th S. OSU Medicine Healthcare Center, 2345 Southwest Blvd. Walmart locations: 2019 E. 81st St., 207 S. Memorial Drive, 2301 W. Kenosha St. (Broken Arrow)  CVS locations: 4107 S. Harvard Ave., 8010 E. 51st St., 2351 N. Ninth St. (Broken Arrow), 751 W. Tuscon St. (Broken Arrow) Note: THD sites do not test children 12 and unde...