In other plague news, Crossrail recently discovered a plague pit in Liverpool Street with 30 bodies in it. Interesting 3D YouTube video embedded too.<p><a href="http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/suspected-1665-great-plague-pit-unearthed-at-crossrail-liverpool-street-site" rel="nofollow">http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/suspected-1665-grea...</a>
There are still a handful of cases of bubonic plague in the US every year. It's all San Francisco's fault: <a href="http://io9.com/5978781/why-people-in-the-united-states-are-still-dying-from-the-bubonic-plague" rel="nofollow">http://io9.com/5978781/why-people-in-the-united-states-are-s...</a>