The plague, aka the Black Death, made a reappearance in California last week after it infected a South Lake Tahoe resident. The person contracted the rare and dangerous disease after being bitten by ...

For the first time, scientists have found genetic proof of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis in a 1,500-year-old mass ...

With this evidence, researchers can now understand how the plague inundated the Byzantine Empire and set off one of the most ...

The plague sounds like a distant threat, but a small number of serious cases of the disease occur every year. Experts explain ...

Black Death Plague in US: A horrific simulation depicted what occurs if you get the bubonic plague. An individual in California tested positive for a type of plague, exactly a month after a person in ...

Plague is often associated with Medieval history and the centuries-old Black Death epidemic, but a recent death in northern Arizona is a troublesome reminder of the flea-borne disease’s lingering hold ...

For thousands of years, a disease repeatedly struck ancient Eurasia, quickly spreading far and wide. The bite of infected fleas that lived on rats passed on the plague in its most infamous form — the ...

A person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in this region in 18 years. But it's a stark reminder that this historic ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The “Black Death” is typically thought of as long-eradicated disease, but the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis is still alive and well. El ...

The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said. By Claire Fahy A resident of Coconino County, Ariz., died from pneumonic plague, ...