If you thought the bubonic plague died with the Dark Ages, think again. An unidentified patient from Coconino County was rushed to the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department and died the same ...

A study of the genetic basis of plague immunity in prairie dogs has broad implications for conservation. From white-nose ...

The death toll from Friday’s floods exceeds 80, and officials expect it to rise as search teams waded through mud-laden ...

The death toll from catastrophic floods in Texas reached at least 78 on Sunday, including at least 28 children, as the search ...

Our list of the 10 best movies of 2025 so far does include an awards contender or two. But the essence of what’s appealing about this half of the year is that there’s a special mystique to a good ...

It's a disease we associate with medieval times, when it was known as the "Black Death", but fears are growing that an outbreak of bubonic plague could be the next global pandemic. With that fear ...

The most famous and influential shots in the film are of Orlok’s warped shadow gliding up the staircase towards Ellen’s ...

A team from the University of Aberdeen have discovered the Black Death was present as far north as the Granite City as late as the 1640s.

A team from the University of Aberdeen have discovered the Black Death was present as far north as the Granite City as late as the 1640s. The research – published in the journal PlosOne – has ...

The book begins with Boccaccio’s harrowing and detailed description of the Black Death plague as experienced in Florence, Italy. Then, the scene shifts to Fiesole outside the city’s borders where 10 ...

A history of plague The fear of plague, the horrible death it brings and its inexorable and ruinous march through entire populations, countries and continents has informed human history keeping and ...