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

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

The plague—aka the Black Death, aka the Great Pestilence—is rarely contracted today, yet it recently infected a South Lake ...

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

Without wasting much time, Y. pestis arrived on the western coast of the U.S. in March 1900. Upon coming ashore, it infected ...

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 ...

Byron Black, Tennessee death row inmate, will be executed by lethal injection despite concerns over his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

Ozzy Osbourne, heavy metal icon and reality television star, died of a heart attack and had been living with coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease, according to a death certificate filed ...

Byron Black, 69, died by lethal injection despite an attempt by his lawyers to have his defibrillator deactivated before the execution.

Byron Black is scheduled to be given a lethal injection after a legal battle about whether a working defibrillator in his chest would cause him pain.