It has since been confirmed that the patient’s death was caused by pneumonic plague, which is a severe lung infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium.

STARKVILLE, Miss. ( WTVA) — The Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department requests the public’s help in locating a missing woman.

A 3-year-old boy who went missing in Mississippi was found with critical injuries, and officials believe he may have been ...