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 ...

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

There is a legend that you may have heard about the arrival of the Black Death in Europe. According to a story told by Italian notary Gabriele De’ Mussi, plague arrived in 1346, when “Tartars ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo from National Institutes of Health A New Mexico man died after being hospitalized for bubonic plague in the state’s first death from the disease since 2020, health officials reported.