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Why plague—one of history’s deadliest diseases—still afflicts U.S. wildlife
AnimalsExplainerCenturies after it ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages, plague remains endemic in the western U.S. Here’s why—and the risk it poses to humans today.ByAmy McKeeverPublished June 24, 2022• 10 min readSummer is here—and with it, scientists predict an uptick of plague outbreaks in rural parts of the western United States among local wildlife that…
June 24, 2022