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 ...

The analysis revealed the presence of Yersinia pestis - the bacterium responsible for the Black Death, with two cases being reported in 2024, the first time in eight years. Archaeologists discover ...

One of the oldest known cases of the 'Black Death' plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. Technically known as the virus Yersinia pestis, the bubonic ...