Related: Bubonic plague discovered in ancient Egyptian mummy DNA. ] According to the Cleveland Clinic, there are three types ...

Alterations to a single gene in the plague bacterium's genome have shed light on a method the germ has used to survive and ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to ...

The bacteria that cause the plague evolved to become less deadly over time, allowing it to continue infecting people in three ...

From drinking crushed emeralds to sitting in sewers, medieval Europe’s plague “cures” were as terrifying as the disease itself.

A small genetic change makes the bacterium that caused the plague less fatal but possibly more transmissible, allowing for ...

The bubonic plague wiped out tens of millions of people in Europe in the 14th century — gaining the grim label the Black Death. In 2024, a handful of cases arise each year in the United States ...

It's a disease we associate with medieval times, when it was known as the "Black Death", but fears are growing that an outbreak of bubonic plague could be the next global pandemic. With that fear ...

The Black Death, the world’s most devastating plague outbreak, killed half of medieval Europe’s population in the space of seven years in the 14th century, shifting the course of human history.

This strain started a deluge of death that would devastate human populations for the next 500 years. The plague first reached the United States in 1900, where it killed 119 people during an ...

pestis epidemic — the first was the Plague of Justinian in the sixth century, said Mary Fissell, a medical historian at Johns Hopkins University. But the Black Death is the best known and is ...

The plague sounds like something out of a history book. But the disease—nicknamed the “Black Death” or “Great Pestilence”—that killed more than 25 million people, about a third of ...