What is pneumonic plague? | Science News
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What people are calling the “Russian plague” — which has not been confirmed to be plague — stems from the mysterious death of a worker at a Russian research lab. Here’s what we know about pneumonic plague and the bacterium that causes it, Yersinia pestis. #plague #pneumonicplague #facts #science 🎙️Tina Hesman Saey 📸 Wikimedia Commons Read more science news at www.sciencenews.org Sign up for our newsletter — a weekly roundup of the latest scientific breakthroughs, delivered every Thursday. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for evidence-based science reporting and explainers.
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