Although the bubonic plague is most often associated with its deadly impact on 14th century Europe, traces of Yersinia pestis have also been found in skeletons found in modern-day Russia dating as ...

Plague doctors wore a distinctive costume - the beak mask held dried flowers and reduced the effect of bad smells for the medic A suspected case of bubonic plague has been reported to Chinese ...

An Egyptian mummy, over 3,000 years old, may have died from the bubonic plague, providing the first genetic evidence of the disease outside the Eurasian continent, new research shows. The finding ...

Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed hundreds of millions and left a gruesome mark on history. The Black Death, which struck 14th-century Europe, led to the ...

Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the disease outside Eurasia. De Agostini via Getty Images Scientists ...

This trade helped bubonic plague to spread from Asia to European countries. Bubonic plague is believed to have arrived in the country on a ship landing on the Dorset coast from Gascony in France.

The Black Death is probably the most famous pandemic in history. Between 1347 and 1351, this outbreak of bubonic plague killed millions of people across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

The bubonic plague was once the world's most feared disease, but can now be easily treated The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is "carefully monitoring" a case of bubonic plague in China's ...

As it advances, however, the dreaded bubonic plague causes painful swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes. Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from ...

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 ...

A person in Pueblo County, Colorado, about 100 miles south of Denver, has been infected with bubonic plague, local health ...