BEIJING, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- China says Russia has tightened its border security, fearing the spread of pneumonic plague after an outbreak in its Qinghai province killed three people.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Anti-terrorism leaders say a number of al-Qaida militants in training have been killed by the "black death, a plague that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Epidemic specialists say a Grand Canyon National Park biologist who died last year caught the plague from a mountain lion.
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Health officials have issued a warning concerning bubonic plague-infected prairie dogs in the Boulder, Colo., area.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 18 (UPI) -- A vaccine developed by U.S. researchers prevents mice from catching plague and might be able to halt a terrorist attack using the bacteria.
NEW DELHI, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- India's health minister Monday said plague may have killed three people in the northern part of the country.