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Oregon resident diagnosed with the plague. What to know about the illness
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOfficials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got...
Rats may not have played critical role in Black Death, study suggests
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRats may not have played a critical role in causing Bubonic Plague outbreaks in Europe as is often...
Maybe rats didn't spread the Black Death after all, new evidence suggests
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA large number of black rats swarming all over each other. The Black Death ravaged Europe between...
Ancient origins of the Black Death — bubonic plague — traced to Central Asian lake
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwenty-five skeletons of suspected victims of the "Black Death," or bubonic plague, that ravaged...
So Much of What We Know About the Plague Might Be Wrong
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Wellcome Images/Wikimedia CommonsThere is a...
Ancient DNA solves mystery over origin of medieval Black Death
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAncient DNA from bubonic plague victims buried in cemeteries on the old Silk Road trade route in...
China to scrap COVID quarantine rule for inbound travelers
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoChina will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from Jan. 8, the...
Welcome to the 'Pandemicene'
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBats. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images As humans encroach on the natural world, more deadly pandemics are likely to follow COVID. Why? Here's...
Sydney's Chinatown gates to be granted heritage status
NextShark via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe iconic ceremonial gates of Sydney's Chinatown, located at each end of the Dixon Street...
Editorial: DeSantis launches a strike against lifesaving science
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThroughout the history of public health in the United States, there have been a handful of moments where a broad cross-section of scientists and other leaders spotted something happening and ...