The plague. Sounds like one for the history books, right? Well, believe it or not, the plague is still around. Blame fleas and the rats, mice, chipmunks, and squirrels they infect. Bubonic plague ...

However, it remains unclear whether this was the only case or if it was part of a widespread epidemic in the region. The bubonic plague is one of the most notorious diseases in history. It spreads ...

Millions of rats were killed and in 2 months no new cases of plague were reported. Bubonic plague, or "the black death," had raged throughout Europe and Asia over the past centuries. In the ...

The bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, is one of history's deadliest diseases. It typically spreads through fleas that infest rodents, which then bite humans, transmitting the bacteria.

As it advances, however, the dreaded bubonic plague causes painful swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes. Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from ...

Bubonic plague, caused by bacterial infection, was responsible for one of the deadliest epidemics in human history - the Black Death - which killed about 50 million people across Africa ...