From a disease that humans had over 9,000 years ago to one that wiped out millions of people - these serious diseases still ...

A pet owner has caught a rare case of the bubonic plague, health officials in central Oregon say, and it's believed they may ...

The Roman empire was at its height when a deadly disease caused devastation to its population, economy and military prowess.

One of the ways that bacteria can evolve resistance to antibiotics is by using structures in their membranes that are ...

Well, believe it or not, the plague is still around. Blame fleas and the rats, mice, chipmunks, and squirrels they infect. Bubonic plague is caused by bacteria that live in fleas. If you get bit ...

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Like many others, I grew up with nursery rhymes.   “Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.” “Mary had a ...

Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and collaborating institutions have been collectively awarded $2,090,402 to study bizarre bagworms, outbreak dynamics of the bubonic plague, how ...

Public health officials in Colorado recently confirmed that a man has plague. The narrator of Charlotte Wood’s new novel has shed her life to live with nuns. The world intrudes in the form of ...

Pathologists at Washington State University have confirmed a rare case of the plague in a mule deer found in Idaho, according ...