The fleas aren’t picky ... If you were to think of the Black Death as a movie, “this is introducing a new protagonist right into that story — the body louse — which would also mean ...

Rats, fleas, and a city unprepared—when the plague struck London in 1665, it killed one in five residents in less than a year.

The Black Death, also known as the Bubonic Plague, ravaged Europe between 1346 and 1352, decimating almost half of the ...

Her study also suggested the Black Death was originally spread from fleas on marmots and then moved into fleas on rats and then to humans through fleabites. The "buck-toothed and fluffy" marmot ...

But the Black Death was only the first devastating wave ... pestis, which spreads through the bites (and vomit) of infected fleas, history’s most devastating pandemic began when fleas jumped ...

Because it infects humans via fleas and rats, the Black Death has been mischaracterized as a “peasant’s disease” affecting only those who lived in less-than-hygienic environments.

Another theory blames human fleas and body lice. The Black Death marked the beginning of the second plague pandemic, which continued on for centuries. “The pandemic lasted at least over ...

The Black Death, the 14th-century bubonic plague that ... “Yersinia pestis,” carried by small mammals and their fleas — in the mid-1300s and in recurring bouts of plague in later centuries ...

Where and when did the Black Death originate? The question has been asked for centuries and led to heated debate among historians. Now, a group of researchers reports that it has found the answer ...

In the 14th century, the Black Death broke out along the Silk Road ... In the U.S., the disease was first carried by fleas on rats in West Coast cities. It retreated into the interior western ...