At NC State University, an English professor is searching for clues from the past. He's looked back as far as the eighth ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...

The Bubonic plague, more commonly known as the Black Death due to the black ‘buboes’ that would swell in the armpits and ...

London faced one of its deadliest disasters—the Great Plague. The bubonic plague, carried by rats and fleas, spread rapidly through the city, killing tens of thousands.

Native to Australia, plague skinks were first recorded in Auckland during the 1960s and are now posing a threat to our rare native lizards. The plague skink (Lampropholis delicata) is sometimes known ...

Your son is almost certainly going into puberty, which would explain why he is starting to grow now. Both boys and girls show changes in their breasts at puberty. The areola or area around the ...

Canker sores and oral cancer lesions can be similar in appearance but there are ways to tell the difference. A lesion that's red, typically flat, and painful early on is usually a canker sore ...

“Thou art a boil, a plague sore!” certainly beats “You never take out the trash!” One of the joys of Monroe Street Books is the unexpected connections you make. You might come in looking for a ...