The bubonic plague is a deadly bacterial infection, caused by Yersinia pestis. In the 14th century, before treatment was available, bubonic plague killed 50 million people in Europe and became ...

A HUMAN case of bubonic plague in the UK has been confirmed as a false alarm following a mix-up with official data. The ...

The Black Death, a mix of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic plague, wiped out 60% of Europe's population in the 14th century ...

The treatment is used for the two most common types of plague: bubonic and pneumonic. “The reason why it caused such widespread death and destruction in the Middle Ages is because we didn’t ha ...

A recent health reporting error in the UK sparked fears of a bubonic plague resurgence, reminiscent of the 'Black Death' that ...

In the 1330s, bubonic plague broke out in China and was transported ... since the risk of acquiring plague from a flea bite is low. Treatment, however, is highly effective using the antibiotic ...

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 ...

Treatment depended on what people believed ... A Medieval illustration of people suffering from swollen lymph nodes, a sign of bubonic plague. The plague had no cure and once a person had caught ...

A UK health agency has admitted to an error after incorrectly stating that a person had recently contracted bubonic plague. Best known for causing the Black Death ...