Bubonic plague-carrying fleas found on New York City rats

Spend any length of time in New York City and a rat will show its whiskery face or worm-like tail. It could be on the subway tracks or nibbling through the garbage on the side of the street. It could also be carrying the bubonic plague. Scientists studying rats in New York found the flea that carries the plague...hosting on some of the city’s rat population..







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