The Black Death, caused by the spread of the yersinia pestis bacteria by rats, was a devastating pandemic that first struck Europe in the mid-1300s, when it's estimated to have killed up to two ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...

to be the world’s second plague pandemic. The highly infectious disease is caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, that infects rats and other small mammals as well as humans. It is spread by ...

In England, the plague took on the name Black Death, because of the characteristic spots that started under the skin as a deep red and turned black. As fleas reappeared each spring, so did the ...

As no one knew exactly what caused the Black Death, they could do little to stop future outbreaks. There were further Black Death cases throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. There was another ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before the Black Death, a new study shows. Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that ...

For he believes it is bad air, called ‘miasma’, that has caused the plague to ravage the port of Leith once again. But, although he didn’t know it, George’s true protection was his leather ...

caused the malnutrition that facilitated the terrible plague epidemic of 1553–1554, especially in the south of Transylvania,” one written record states. While mortality from starvation ...