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An Crook County, Oregon teen contracted bubonic plague after being bit by a flea on a recent camping trip. Eight people in Oregon have been diagnosed with bubonic plague since 1995. Wild rodents and fleas carry plague. In 2012, a Prineville man contracted plague from a domestic cat. (OPB, KTVZ)

The U.S. will send ground troops to Syria. President Obama authorized less than 50 special operations troops who will be in Northern Syria in Kurdish controlled territory. Troops are set to leave within a few days. (CNN)

This article appears in Oct 28 – Nov 4, 2015.

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What in the World: An Oregon teen contracts bubonic plague, the U.S. is sending troops to Syria, and a look at where uninsured Americans live

by Corinne Boyer, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 30, 2015

<h1>What in the World: An Oregon teen contracts bubonic plague, the U.S. is sending troops to Syria, and a look at where uninsured Americans live</h1> <p class="byline">by Corinne Boyer, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 30, 2015</p> <p>An Crook County, Oregon teen contracted bubonic plague after being bit by a flea on a recent camping trip. Eight people in Oregon have been diagnosed with bubonic plague since 1995. Wild rodents and fleas carry plague. In 2012, a Prineville man contracted plague from a domestic cat. (<a href="http://www.opb.org/news/article/health-officials-oregon-teen-has-bubonic-plague/">OPB</a>, <a href="http://www.ktvz.com/news/Confirmed-Crook-Co-Man-Has-the-Plague/15290978">KTVZ</a>)</p> <p>The U.S. will send ground troops to Syria. President Obama authorized less than 50 special operations troops who will be in Northern Syria in Kurdish controlled territory. Troops are set to leave within a few days. (<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/30/politics/syria-troops-special-operations-forces/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a>) </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <div> "They tend to live in the South, and they tend to be poor." (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/31/upshot/who-still-doesnt-have-health-insurance-obamacare.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur" target="_blank">The New York Times</a>) </div> <p> </p> <div> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-an-oregon-teen-contracts-bubonic-plague-the-us-is-sending-troops-to-syria-and-a-look-at-where-uninsured-americans-live-2559994/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=35047&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-an-oregon-teen-contracts-bubonic-plague-the-us-is-sending-troops-to-syria-and-a-look-at-where-uninsured-americans-live-2559994/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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