Officials say disease, which killed millions in medieval Europe, was identified and treated early, \u2018posing little risk to the community\u2019<\/p>\n
A pet owner in Oregon has caught the bubonic plague from their cat in a rare example of the potentially deadly illness surfacing in the United States, local authorities have said.<\/p>\n
The plague was responsible for the Black Death in medieval Europe and elsewhere which killed millions of people and devastated the continent. In modern times it has become much rarer.<\/p>\n
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