Ancient plagues swept through civilizations like wildfire, transforming the course of human history in their wake. From Rome to Athens, these devastating outbreaks rewrote the rules of society and ...

Ancient DNA evidence confirms that bubonic plague spread across the Mediterranean region all the way to western Europe and ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...

The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread through prehistoric farming communities ...

Drancourt, Michel, Michel Signoli, La Vu Dang, Bruno Bizot, Véronique Roux, Stéfan Tzortzis, and Didier Raoult. 2007. "Yersinia pestis Orientalis in Remains of Ancient Plague Patients." Emerging ...

With a PhD in Genetics and Genomics, Niki Spahich channels her infectious disease research and science communication experiences into her role as the manager of The Scientist's Creative Services team.

According to the Bible, the 10th plague to befall Ancient Egypt killed the first born child of every family. Now, new scientific evidence suggests that this may have actually occurred - and that a ...