 an infected person or animal. Public health officials say the potential source of the Colorado infection is unclear. The plague is best treated with antibiotics, but an infected person must be treated promptly to avoid serious complications or death. Utility crews from around the country are arriving in Texas to help restore hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses left without power by Hurricane Beryl. The outages could not have come at a worse time, though, as triple digit temperatures spread across several parts of the state.