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Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University

A person in the US has died from pneumonic plague. It’s not just a disease of history

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A person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday.

This marks the first such death in this region in 18 years. But it’s a stark reminder that this historic disease, though rare nowadays, is not just a disease of the past.

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