A 15-year-old boy died of bubonic plague in western Mongolia, health officials said. The teenager caught the often fatal plague after hunting and eating a groundhog in Gobi-Altai province, according to the Mongolian Ministry of Health. Two other teens were being treated with antibiotics after also consuming the large ground …
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Beijing – A 15-year-old boy died in western Mongolia of bubonic plague, the country’s national news agency reported. The Health Ministry said laboratory tests confirmed that the teenager died of the plague he contracted from an infected groundhog, according to the Montsame News Agency. A groundhog peeks out of the …
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A squirrel has tested positive for bubonic plague in Colorado. According to health officials, the squirrel is the first case of plague in the city of Morrison, Jefferson County, which is about 27 miles southwest of Denver. “Plague is an infectious disease caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria and can …
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