<![CDATA[Basel plague study finds young workers had highest death rates in 17th century outbreak Burials from a 17th-century hospital in Basel offer a close look at who faced the highest risk during one of the city’s last plague outbreaks.]]>

<![CDATA[Basel plague study finds young workers had highest death rates in 17th century outbreak Burials from a 17th-century hospital in Basel offer a close look at who faced the highest risk during one of the city’s last plague outbreaks.]]>Basel plague study finds young workers had highest death rates in 17th century outbreak

Burials from a 17th-century hospital in Basel offer a close look at who faced the highest risk during one of the city’s last plague outbreaks. The graves date to around 1665 to 1670, a period when plague returned to the region...

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