Bubonic plague treatment proven highly effective and safe in global first

Published on August 7, 2025

Researchers from the UK and Madagascar, in collaboration with Madagascar’s health services and national plague programme, have conducted the world’s first rigorous clinical trial of treatments for bubonic plague.
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