The plague, aka the Black Death, made a reappearance in California last week after it infected a South Lake Tahoe resident.

The plague sounds like a distant threat, but a small number of serious cases of the disease occur every year. Experts explain ...

A California resident is being treated for plague as health officials raise awareness about the illness carried by fleas.

A warning has been issued by health officials to take care when outdoors in South Lake Tahoe, California, as a man has tested ...

Know how the Black Death plague affects the human body with a detailed simulation. Learn the symptoms, risks, and what to ...

A person has tested positive for ‘Black Death’ in California, just over a month after an Arizona resident died from pneumonic ...

A chilling simulation has revealed what happens if you contract the bubonic plague. It was revealed this week that an ...

It is not just a scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague still exists, though it is rare. Here’s what to look for and how to ...

A California resident tests positive for a variant of the bubonic plague after a flea bite while camping. The plague can lead ...

By taking the now-powdery black pulp out of the teeth of plague victims buried in London's East Smithfield Cemetery —a cemetery established solely to handle theonslaught of the Black Death once ...

Researchers recovered the first Yersinia pestis bacteria genome from a Bronze Age animal. It reveals how a plague spread in ...

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.