Affected by the plague, a resident of the state of New Mexico becomes the first to succumb to this disease in the United States since 2020, according to the Daily Mail.
The state health department is currently trying to contact people who may have been in contact with the individual.
For the moment, authorities still do not know how the man contracted this disease which is usually transmitted by a rodent bite or exposure to an animal carcass.
This disease killed thousands of people in Europe in the 14th century.
Nowadays, only around ten American citizens are infected each year.
