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Think the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Bad? The Black Death Was Far Worse.

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Contact Tracing: How Physicians Used It 500 Years Ago to Control the Bubonic Plague

How Pandemics Past and Present Fuel the Rise of Mega-Corporations

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What a Diary From the Days of the Bubonic Plague Tell Us About Coronavirus

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Coronavirus Shows That We Haven't Changed How We Respond to Pandemics

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Black Death: How Medieval Writers Described the Pandemic of Their Time

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Coronavirus Is Awful. The Black Death Killed Nearly Half of Europe.

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Black Death: How Medieval Writers Described the Pandemic of Their Time

Forget the Coronavirus: The Black Death Killed Millions

Forget World Wars, The Black Death Almost Wiped Europe Off The Map

25 Million Dead: How the Black Death Nearly Destroyed Europe

Planet Earth's Worst Nightmare: How the Black Death Ravaged Humanity

The Black Death: How Rats, Fleas and Germs Almost Wiped Out Europe