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Study reveals how the evolution of a single gene allowed the plague to keep killing • May 31, 2025, 12:46 AM ET (Globe and Mail)
Plague bacteria became less deadly to last longer, study finds • May 29, 2025, 9:55 AM ET (Straits Times)

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