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

Whether intentional or not, the way mega-settlements in southeastern Europe from 6,000 years ago were laid out would have cut ...

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.

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

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 ...

We know that Yersinia pestis was the probable cause of the Black Death, that variola and measles viruses contributed to the decline of the Aztec civilization, and that Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...

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

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

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 ...

See, the plague was actually caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis, spread by infected fleas and transported worldwide by rats. And the plague itself? Well, it never actually went away.

The county’s health department had launched an investigation into a potential human case last Friday after preliminary tests ...

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 ...