The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...

The skeletons are among more than 20 burials found during the excavation project near the White Tower, which was built by ...

On Aug 14, 1945, the retreating Japanese forces of Unit 731 fled China. But before leaving China, Unit 731 members tried to gun down all the Chinese survivors and destroy incriminating evidence of the ...

Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...

A mummy in Egypt has yielded a shocking discovery: the DNA of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis—thousands of years before ...

Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.

A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of the plague, local health officials said. The individual, who was not identified, was treated at Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department and ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have uncovered evidence of 214 ancient pathogens within the DNA of prehistoric humans, ...

This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...

Israeli researchers create the world’s first 100 effective mRNA vaccine against Bubonic Plague paving the way for more ...

The ‘Black Death’ plague, once so deadly that it killed half of Europe, is now treatable with antibiotics.