In a recent incident within Oregon, a resident came down with the bubonic plague after exposure to their seriously ill pet cat, marking the state's first encounter with the disease since 2015, local health authorities report. Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for the plague, is subtly present across the U.S., primarily within various rodents and their fleas. On average, this results in about seven reported human cases annually, fluctuating between one and seventeen cases, as per the...