According to a report by Science Alert, an infection like this usually starts with flu-like symptoms ... bubonic plague was called the Black Death. ORS remains under-prescribed in India; 50 ...

The Black Death was a serious disease that killed millions over people around the world over a period of several hundred years. It was named after the colour of the sores that grew under the skin ...

Some researchers believe the plague may have originated from fleas that lived on Nile rats, which then crossed over to black rats ... endured severe symptoms at the time of death.

Initial symptoms — sudden fever ... In England, the plague took on the name Black Death, because of the characteristic spots that started under the skin as a deep red and turned black.