Medieval disease that once killed a third of Europe is found in US state after patient bitten by infected flea by lake

A POSITIVE case of bubonic plague - the same illness that killed over 20 million people in Europe during the 1300s - was just reported in the US.

An infected flea most likely gave the patient the medieval sickness.

The California Department of Public Health reported that a South Lake Tahoe resident had tested positive after camping in the area.

The case is the first since 2020 in El Dorado County.

County officials said that the patient was at home recovering under the supervision of a medical professional.

Known as The Black Death, the bubonic plague epidemic is considered one of the most devastating events in history.

In popular culture everywhere, the time period is heavily referenced, from sayings like "avoid like the plague " to the famed plague doctor imagery of a person