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From coughing blood to pus-filled boils – the horror signs of the Black Death amid fears the disease could return
FOR most, mention of the Black Death probably conjures up medieval images of people dying horrifically in the street. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed ...
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From the Black Death to Spanish flu and smallpox, a brief history of plagues
No matter where you look up the meaning of the word “plague ... The worst plague in history was the Black Death, which may have killed up to 200 million people. This was caused by a bacteria ...