Monkey dead from Plague in Colorado
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idU...=RSS&rpc=22
from http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/bubonicplague/a/111602.htm
Does it still occur in the world?
According to the World Health Organization, there are 1,000 to 3,000 cases of bubonic plague worldwide each year. There are no known cases in Australia or Europe. Areas where cases occur are in Russia, the Middle East, China, Southwest and Southeast Asia, Madagascar, southern and eastern Africa, the Andes mountains and Brazil.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention