The plague is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis that live in some animals – mainly rodents – and their fleas and is most famous for being the cause of the Black Death, which wiped out up to 200 million people more than 650 years ago. Those infected develop flu-like symptoms ... Read even more
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