Yes and no. Some people do still today contract the bubonic plague via rat-flea bites, and that is certainly not good, it is not common, nor an epidemic. VERY few people contract it nowadays because of increased sanitation, and modern medicine.
You can get the Plague today, but it is rare. It is mostly a problem in the rural Southwest US where there are a lot of rodents to carry it. It is easily cured if caught early with antibiotics.
Today I Caught the Plague was created in 2002.
There was a case in Oregon this year. The victim lost his hands. It was treated with antibiotics.
because deforestation is one of many issues that plague the worlds environment today.
It was called the plague. The particular form of plague in the 16th and 17th century was called the "pneumonic plague" which affects the lungs and results in coughing as well as bloody vomit. The Bubonic Plague or black death was a related disease which resulted in massive deaths in the fourteenth century
Plague exists in many parts of the world and in Texas USA.
A major health problem associated with today's lifestyle is obesity. Fast food and snacks has become a staple to Americans.
Depends on the type of illness you pick up. One person cannot be a plague but s/he can get infected by a plague. A plague technically is when an illness spreads across a population and is difficult to contain. For example the bubonic or black plague still exists today in improverished countries but it is usually contained before it gets out of control. The person with the plague is treated with antibiotics and quarantined from everyone else until they recover.
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Actually it is everyone's problem. The children who are obese today will have physical/health problems as adults and this will affect the health care system as well as business and the society. There are 10 year old children today who have some of the same health problems as a 65 year old adult.