{"id":387431,"date":"2026-10-13T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/does-the-plague-still-exist-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T09:00:53","slug":"does-the-plague-still-exist-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/does-the-plague-still-exist-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the plague still exist? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/v79sSmW8ZpM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Does the plague still exist? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v79sSmW8ZpM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Think the plague vanished with the Middle Age? Not quite. Yersinia pestis, the bacterium behind the Black Death, still causes infections around the world every year. 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Yersinia pestis, the bacterium behind the Black Death, still causes infections around the world every year. While modern antibiotics can effectively treat the disease, early diagnosis remains critical. 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