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Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning after a patient who had bubonic plague died of multiple organ failure, state media reported on Saturday.Cases of plague are not uncommon in China, although outbreaks have become increasingly rare. From 2009 to 2018, China reported 26 cases and 11 deaths.The…

Share on PinterestColorized scanning electron microscope image of Yersinia pestis, which is responsible for plague.Living through a pandemic has heightened the public’s interest in infectious diseases. Just 7 short months ago, none of us would have expected society to freeze in response to a highly contagious pathogen.Recent news of a case of plague in Inner…

Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning on Sunday, one day after a hospital reported a case of suspected bubonic plague.The health committee of the city of Bayan Nur issued the third-level alert, the second lowest in a four-level system.The alert forbids the hunting and eating of animals…

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg says the raids conducted in Johannesburg in 2017-2018 were cruel and humiliating.It declared Section 13(7)(c) of the SAPS Act constitutionally invalid. The Socio-Economic Rights Institute represented more than 2 000 residents who were subjected to the raids.  The raids, which were conducted at 11 inner city buildings in Johannesburg's central business…