World After eating raw rodent’s kidney for ‘good health,’ couple die of bubonic plague, spark quarantine May 7, 2019May 8, 2019 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Comments Off on After eating raw rodent’s kidney for ‘good health,’ couple die of bubonic plague, spark quarantine A Mongolian couple died from the bubonic plague after eating raw marmot meat, sparking a quarantine that trapped tourists for days, officials said.