It marks the oldest confirmed case of the plague outside Eurasia, indicating that the disease was present in North Africa ...

This groundbreaking discovery reveals the DNA of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for the plague, in a mummy from ...

Samples of 'The Black Death', which wiped out 50 million people in medieval times, were found in an Egyptian mummy ...

Archaeologists in Italy have found one of the oldest known cases of the bubonic plague, which has caused millions of deaths ...

A team tested the ancient mummy dating back more than 3,000 years and discovered the bubonic plague in his bone tissue and ...

Researchers analysed the remains and identified traces of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for the bubonic plague, ...

Researchers have uncovered the oldest confirmed case of the plague outside Eurasia in an ancient Egyptian mummy.

In a revelation that could rewrite the history of pandemics, researchers have unearthed astonishing evidence of the bubonic ...

Suspected or confirmed cases of Norovirus and Yersinia will soon have to be reported to government health officials by laboratories in England. The move ...

AN EERIE Egyptian mummy who died a horror death has revealed to scientists an unbelievable Black Death secret. It is believed ...

Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially ...

Researchers found the first evidence of the bubonic plague outside of Europe and Asia in an Egyptian mummy housed in Turin, ...