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Sierra Jane Downing, a 7-year-old Colorado girl, just survived a battle with a deadly disease that is extremely rare these days, but once wiped out more than a third of medieval Europe: The bubonic plague, or Black Death.. The girl was saved by a quick-thinking doctor at Denver's Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children.
The bubonic plague became known as the Black Death when it swept through Europe in the 14th century, killing 75million people. Although it is now rare, there are still between 10 to 15 cases in the U.S. each year, half of which are in New Mexico.