A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

The pneumonic plague, known more often as the black plague, claimed the life of a Northern Arizona resident, health officials ...

Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the Black Death, one of history's worst plagues, and found that its modern-day bacterial descendants haven't changed much over 600 years. Luckily, we ...

The Black Death spread about 30 miles every two to three days, according to Duncan. ... Unlike the Plague, limited treatment and prevention options are available for hemorrhagic fevers.

Health authorities in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are on high alert after a suspected case of bubonic plague, the disease that caused the Black Death pandemic, was reported Sunday.

The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also known as the Black Death — devastated swaths of Europe, killing millions in under a decade. One of the puzzles surrounding this ancient ...

The Black Death swept Europe in the 14th century eliminating up to half of the population but it left genetic clues ... an investigational drug currently under study for the treatment of fatty ...