A study suggests that a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried grain to fill the gap came plague-carrying fleas.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, there are three types of plague. Which type that you have depends on where in your body Yersinia pestis ends up. Bubonic plague infects the lymph nodes, septicemic ...

Clues contained in tree rings have identified volcanic activity as the "first domino to fall" in a sequence that led to the ...

Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the disease outside Eurasia. De Agostini via Getty Images Scientists have ...

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.Video above: How did ...

Colorado health officials have confirmed a human case of the plague, the rare bacterial infection infamously known for killing tens of millions in 14th century Europe. Today, it's easily treated with ...

A volcanic eruption may have set off a chain reaction that led to Europe's deadliest pandemic.

A new study offers a novel theory on how the plague came to establish a foothold in Europe in the 14th century and kill ...

This is the first human case of plague in the state since 2021 and the first death since 2020 Getty A New Mexico man has died of the bubonic plague. In a statement released on Friday, the New Mexico ...