A case of plague has been confirmed in China’s Inner Mongolia region, leading authorities to issue an alert about the age-old disease, according to news reports. On Sunday (July 5), a herdsman in Bayannur city, in western Inner Mongolia, was diagnosed with bubonic plague. Officials in Bayannur city issued a “third-level alert” (the second lowest in a four-level system) for plague prevention. Plague is perhaps best known for killing millions of people in Europe in the 1300s during a pandemic called the Black Death. The infection, which is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, still occurs today, although it is … Continue reading Black Death back? Chinese authorities confirm positive case of bubonic plague