A person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in this region in 18 years. But it's a stark reminder that this historic ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

There are more than 2,000 species of tiny (0.04 to 0.15 inches), wingless, blood-sucking fleas that live on the body of the host they infest. Although fleas cannot fly, they have developed powerful ...

BEIJING (KRON) — Health authorities in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are on high alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague, the disease that caused the Black Death pandemic, was ...

Many preventive and emergency measures were taken under collaborative efforts of the governmental institutions and environmental conservation organizations for holding up/ eliminating the infectious ...

After a case of bubonic plague was confirmed in Oregon earlier this week, some people may wonder if there’s a danger of the disease spreading in the U.S. The Oregon resident, who was the first to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BEIJING (KRON) — Health authorities in China ...