The plague, aka the Black Death, made a reappearance in California last week after it infected a South Lake Tahoe resident.

A California resident has tested positive for plague after camping in South Lake Tahoe - the latest in a string of positive ...

A person has tested positive for plague in South Lake Tahoe, California, sparking concerns the Black Death might make a comeback.

The plague sounds like a distant threat, but a small number of serious cases of the disease occur every year. Experts explain why it persists.

The last human plague case in New Mexico was reported in a Lincoln County resident last year. The man later died from the infection.

The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.