The plague sounds like something out of a history book. But the disease—nicknamed the “Black Death” or “Great Pestilence”—that killed more than 25 million people, about a third of ...

The Bubonic plague, more commonly known as the Black Death due to the black ‘buboes’ that would swell in the armpits and groins of victims, decimated the population of Europe during the Middle ...

By taking the now-powdery black pulp out of the teeth of plague victims buried in London's East Smithfield Cemetery —a cemetery established solely to handle theonslaught of the Black Death once ...

More information: Monica H. Green et al, Plague history, Mongol history, and the processes of focalisation leading up to the Black Death: a response to Brack et al., Medical History (2025).

A new plague case is a reminder: The 'Black Death' lingers in the US When Colorado officials confirmed this week that a person had been infected with bubonic plague, they sprung into action with ...

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.

The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also known as the Black Death — devastated swaths of Europe, killing millions in under a decade. One of the puzzles surrounding this ancient ...

The last human plague case in New Mexico involved a Torrance County resident in 2021, the agency said. Four people in the state had bubonic plague in 2020 and one died. Here’s what to know.

Covid isn’t funny, but do you know what is? The bubonic plague. The new Netflix limited series “The Decameron” offers a saucy romp through the Black Death. The show, set in 1348 as beautiful ...

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.