The Bubonic plague, more commonly known as the Black Death due to the black ‘buboes’ that would swell in the armpits and groins of victims, decimated the population of Europe during the Middle Ages, ...

"It seems that we are really close to the origin of the bacteria." A Stone Age hunter-gatherer who lived in present-day ...

The Black Death is a disease I am sure most of us have heard of, with its bursting pustules, rats, and overwhelming death ...

It wasn’t until some months later, around April 2004, that Herman said Bryant came up with the idea of the Black Mamba, a venomous African snake, also the codename for Uma Thurman’s assassin ...

(WHTM) — The first case of Avian influenza in domestic poultry on a farm has been detected, sending the farm under quarantine, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday.

The number of people sent to quarantine has risen to 230. Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh said the initial investigation conducted by the toxicology laboratory in Lucknow concluded that the cause was ...

The incident happened months after the killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. That murder led to protests against ...

Dozens of Robinson River residents were flown to a Darwin quarantine facility in 2021 following a COVID-related lockdown in the community. The family of a 50-year-old woman who subsequently died ...

He likes to featurize stories, and tries to find another angle for spot news. He travels during his spare time, and likes his coffee black -- no cream, no sugar.

Fluid had been a frontman for 24/7 Spyz. The Bronx band was part of a wave of Black-led rock groups, including Living Colour and Fishbone, that emerged in the 1980s, melding elements of heavy metal, ...

Although slightly concerned, the authorities imposed only a light quarantine on the Grand Saint Antoine at the island of Jarre, releasing the sailors after just 20 days. By then, the plague had ...