Everyone knows about how the bubonic plague claimed the lives of nearly a third of the population of Europe during the Middle Ages. It was the most devastating disease epidemic in the history of ...

Uh, Bubonic Plague is uh, carried by uh, fleas uh, on the backs of rodents. Uh, in the Middle Ages, probably black rats were most common and…. Ben: But the fleas were the actual culprits.

which is where the bubonic plague gets its name. Plague is rare, because thankfully, we have much better ways to control rodents these days. And unlike in the Middle Ages, millions of people don't ...

I n the Middle Ages, the plague, known as the "black death," had a tragic impact, killing one-third of the European population. The latest findings by scientists suggest that the 14th-century ...

Plague doctors wore a distinctive costume - the beak mask held dried flowers and reduced the effect of bad smells for the medic A suspected case of bubonic plague has been reported to Chinese ...

Climate changes and increasing globalisation could bring back the diseases of the Middle Ages, an expert has warned ... Association's annual conference that the bacterium responsible for the Black ...

Their research could help explain why the same strain of the plague can reemerge in the same area after years of inactivity ...

Word spreads of a bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Black Death, the disease that killed as much as half of Europe in the 1300s, is here in the United States. National ...