The El Dorado County Public Health Division announced that a resident tested positive for plague after going camping in the ...

El Dorado County's Public Health Division announced Tuesday that a South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for plague ...

A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for plague, health officials confirmed Tuesday - the first reported human ...

A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested for the plague, El Dorado County health officials announced on Wednesday.

A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for plague, according to health officials in El Dorado County.

It's the first confirmed case of the plague—the same disease that wiped out millions in the 14th century—in the region since ...

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

A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for the plague — yes, the same pest-transmitted disease estimated to have ...

"It’s believed that the person may have been bitten by an infected flea while camping in South Lake Tahoe area," El Dorado County officials said in a news release.

In El Dorado County alone, wildlife surveillance between 2021 and 2025 detected evidence of plague in at least 45 squirrels and chipmunks in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These animals can carry the bacteria ...

El Dorado County health officials have confirmed that a South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for plague.