From coughing blood to pus-filled boils – the horror signs of the Black Death amid fears the disease could return

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FOR most, mention of the Black Death probably conjures up medieval images of people dying horrifically in the street and

Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed hundreds of millions and left a gruesome mark on history.

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The Black Death, which struck 14th-century Europe, led...