As if a global pandemic of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 weren't enough, Gizmodo reports the bubonic plague has reared its nasty head once again.
Sunday, officials from Inner Mongolia revealed a shepherd has been diagnosed with bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death.
At the same time, a second case has been identified in neighboring Mongolia.
Both patients had had contact with a wild marmot, and both are recovering.
In the region, subsistence hunting is common.
