More than 700 years since the Black Death pandemic, scientists are developing a bubonic plague jab – but why? And should we ...

The bubonic plague killed as many as 50 million people across Europe in the 14th century - 50% of its population - in what's ...

Scientists who developed the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine during the Covid pandemic are developing the UK's first bubonic ...

FOR most, mention of the Black Death probably conjures up medieval images of people dying horrifically in the street. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed ...

Oxford team reports hopeful results in trials as military experts say UK should stock supplies of Black Death inoculation ...

Researchers analysing his work have hinted that 2025 may have some hard-hitting events in store, ranging from an asteroid collision to another plague-like outbreak in the UK. Though Nostradamus ...

Both types of plague are caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium. Bites from infected fleas are the most common cause of bubonic plague infection, but the pneumonic variant - where the bacterium ...