plague

Ancient DNA from bones and teeth hints at a role of the plague in Stone Age population collapse. Contrary to…

A new laboratory study suggests that human body lice are more efficient at transmitting Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes…

If the age-old story is correct, the Hampshire village of Little London gets its evocative name from the flight of…

Enlarge / A cat, but not the one with plague. An Oregon resident contracted bubonic plague from their “very sick”…