The Plague Mice

ABC News reports that at least three mice infected with Yersinia pestis have been missing from the Public Health Research Institute in Newark, NJ for at least two weeks. The FBI Joint Terror Task Force and the CDC are investigating.

"We're satisfied that there is no public safety risk, and there doesn't seem to be any nexus to criminal activity or terrorism," he added.
Nevertheless, federal authorities, including the FBI, have criticized the lab for lax procedures that resulted in a potential public health menace.
"This is the black death," said Richard Ebright, a microbiologist at Rutgers University. "This is the disease that killed a quarter of Europe's population."