PETALING JAYA: The bubonic plague is also known as the Black Death and with good reason: it has ravaged populations since the Middle Ages.
In modern times, it is treatable with common antibiotics, said Sungai Buloh Hospital Infectious Disease head Datuk Dr Christopher Lee.
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