Today, in the final episode of the Past Pandemics series, we're talking about the Plague of Justinian, the first occurrence ...

The Black Death—the world's second bubonic plague pandemic—decimated the populations of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe in the 14th century. But there was a silver lining.

A new study suggests that plague, caused by Yersinia pestis, may have been present in the Middle East nearly a century before the Black Death. Historians analyzed 13th-century medical and historical ...

Australia’s coordinated response to the plague outbreak was instrumental in proving the importance of public health and modern, sanitary urbanplanning principles in controlling the spread of ...

An over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague marks the first case of the disease outside the Eurasian continent.

Drama, Controversy, and Backstabbing Are Rocking This Historic Black Harlem Church Members of Abyssinian Baptist Church are speaking out against alleged corruption and unethical practices within ...

THE dreaded Black Death plague had been added to the watchlist of pathogens that could trigger the next pandemic. In its first major shake-up since Covid-19 rocked the globe, the World Health Organ… ...

The Black Death killed nearly one-third of Europe's population. Symptoms of the plague included swellings and boils, which were graphically shown in The Decameron as a sign someone was infected.

Colorado Plague Case Is a Reminder That the ‘Black Death’ Never Really Went Away 3 minute read A scanning electron micrograph of Yersinia pestis bacteria in the foregut of a flea.

A new plague case is a reminder: The 'Black Death' lingers in the US When Colorado officials confirmed this week that a person had been infected with bubonic plague, they sprung into action with ...

The Great Plague of London kills as many as 100,000 people, roughly 20 per cent of the city’s population. It is the worst outbreak of plague in England since the Black Death of 1348.