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Plague first came to Britain from Europe at least 4000 years ago

DNA from Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that caused the Black Death, has been found in the teeth of three people who lived in Britain during the Bronze Age

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An mRNA vaccine protects mice against deadly plague bacteria

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Historical plagues led to revolutions - could coronavirus do the same?

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Historical plagues led to revolutions - could coronavirus do the same?
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Origin of Black Death finally found in bacteria from Kyrgyzstan graves

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Plague never went away – now it could re-emerge in drug-resistant form

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G15D0M Allegorical representation of the Demon of the Plague, from H. von Gersdorf's Feldtbuch der Wundarzney, printed by Johann Schott, Strasbourg, 1540. The Black Death (1340-1400) was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the de

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How many people died due to the Black Death in Europe?

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Earliest known bubonic plague strain found in 5000-year-old skull

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