New research by geneticists hints at the deadly work of Yersinia pestis 5,000 years ago. By Franz Lidz At the end of the ...

In 1347, the Black Death first arrived in the Mediterranean via trade ships carrying goods from the territories of the Golden ...

Experts have seen a re-emergence of the rare diseaseMedically reviewed by Renee Nilan, MDFact checked by Nick ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released an updated Manual for Plague Surveillance, Diagnosis, Prevention, and ...

Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the body is around 900 years old, and previous studies suggested it was a man aged 30-40 ...

pestis. He probably contracted the Hib infection first, Guellil and colleagues say. While respiratory infections rarely leave marks, the boy’s kneecaps had fused to the thighbones above them.

Yet the highly infectious disease borne of the bacterium Yersinia pestis still persists. From 1,000 to 3,000 cases of plague are reported each year globally, 10 to 15 of them in the western United ...

Scientists identified three cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing the plague, in human remains - two in a mass burial in Somerset, and one in a ring cairn monument in Cumbria. The team ...

In my research focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived ...

Nearly 70% of global communities will likely be living in urban areas by 2050, according to the United Nations. Rats will, too.

They weaponized anthrax. They weaponized smallpox. They weaponized Yersinia pestis or plague. They weaponized Marburg virus. They grew it to high concentrations in guinea pigs. Now, it takes a lot ...

Contributing Writer for The Prospect Lily Hutcheson reflects on her fall break in London for a freshman seminar.