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    Plague never disappeared, but modern medicine has changed the risk

    2026-10-19T11:41:00Z

    Plague may sound like a disease from the history books, but Yersinia pestis still circulates in wildlife around the world. Despite recent concern over a possible laboratory-linked death in Russia, experts stress that human cases remain rare and the infection is usually treatable when diagnosed quickly.