Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks, while historians and scholars explore the societal impact of the plague on ...

So large was the death toll and so great was the danger of contagion that funerary customs were disrupted. People fled cities ...

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has revived fears of rodent-borne diseases. From the Black Death to modern outbreaks, ...

I've been caring for patients of this horrible plague these last few months. Many other doctors have fled the city for fear of catching the disease, but it seems it is everywhere. A French doctor, Guy ...

The Black Death, a bubonic plague outbreak that killed up to 60 per cent of the population of medieval Europe, may have been set in motion by volcanic activity around 1345. The plague bacterium, ...

Before the Black Death claimed millions of lives across medieval Europe, its arrival on the continent may have been propelled by a series of volcanic eruptions that reshaped climate, food supplies and ...

When the Black Death tore through Europe in 1347, it felt like the end of the world. Entire villages emptied. Bells rang without pause. In some places, more than half the people died within months.

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

Scientists study medieval bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks. Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future ...