Australia’s first case of bubonic plague was reported. By 1910, 1371 cases were reported with 535 deaths across the nation.

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

Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially results in flu-like symptoms a few days after infection. From there, things ...

The team behind the Oxford AstraZeneca covid vaccine say they are developing an injection that could prevent the 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 ...

The bubonic plague is a deadly bacterial infection, caused by Yersinia pestis ... or pus from swollen lymph nodes to look for the Y. pestis bacteria. If you test positive for bubonic plague ...

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

The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, spread across Europe in the 14th century, wiping out as many as 50 million ...

Yet the highly infectious disease borne of the bacterium Yersinia pestis still persists ... causes painful swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes. Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream.

The mummy, housed at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, revealed traces of Yersinia pestis DNA ... they ravage the lymphatic system, causing lymph nodes in the groin, underarm, and neck to balloon ...