COVID 19 was not the first, nor will it be the last. The Black Death is probably the most famous pandemic in history. Between 1347 and 1351, this outbreak of bubonic plague killed millions of ...

In 1348 the Black Death arrived in England and by 1349 it had spread to Wales. Carmarthen, an important port, had the first cases but ... explain the cause of the plague. Various causes were ...

Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the ... Also known as the Black Death, the bubonic plague is one ...

‘No additional cases of plague have emerged during the communicable disease investigation.’ The announcement comes shortly after the first recorded death from recently discovered viral disease ...

Researchers analyzed an Egyptian mummy from a museum in Turin, Italy, to discover that the individual died 3,290 years ago of one of the most terrifying diseases in human history: the bubonic plague.

The bite of rat-borne fleas infected with the bubonic plague has been blamed for ... of Oslo and Ferrara now says the first, the Black Death, can be "largely ascribed to human fleas and body ...

in reference to the gangrenous blackening and death of body parts, such as the fingers and toes, that can happen with the illness. A person usually becomes ill with bubonic plague between two and ...