In a shocking incident, a female researcher from the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has died due to severe pneumonia of unknown cause. Close...

In Montana, drones were utilized to distribute peanut butter-flavored plague vaccines to prairie dogs in a crucial effort to protect the en...

Ancient Siberian plague discovery: Ancient DNA unearthed in Siberia has rewritten the history of plague. Researchers discovered highly leth...

Pandemic origins: Scientists have successfully identified the genome of 'Yersinia pestis' from a mass grave in Jerash, Jordan, confirming i...

A South Lake Tahoe resident has been tested positive for plague, probably after a flea bite while camping. This first human case in El Dora...

At a time when US is reporting a surge in measles cases despite the disease being eliminated two decades back, the country is now grappling...

Plague is an infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria. The zoonotic microorganism is typically found in small mammals and their fle...

A resident of Oregon has been diagnosed with bubonic plague, likely from a pet cat. This case, the first in Oregon since 2015, highlights t...

The Black Death ended, but plague carried on, making periodic return visits through the centuries.

Such outbreaks flourish thanks to one factor: international trade, the original pandemic superhighway.

Researchers from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich recovered and analysed ancient DNA from 30 plague victims of the second plague pand...

The study showed by using ancient DNA that plague has been endemic in human populations for more than twice as long as previously thought.