The bubonic plague is a deadly bacterial infection, caused by Yersinia pestis. In the 14th century, before treatment was available, bubonic plague killed 50 million people in Europe and became ...

A cat in Oregon has been blamed for infecting its owner with bubonic plague, in a rare modern case of the infection being passed onto humans in the US. Oregon officials confirmed that the infected ...

A case of bubonic plague has been confirmed in Colorado, according to local health officials. The disease, which is extremely uncommon in the United States, sees only 5 to 15 cases annually ...

The bubonic plague, which is the most common type of plague, is primarily transmitted through flea bites. To prevent them, Phipps recommends cleaning up around the outside of your home.

Like these gold cufflinks that contain two different strains of plague-causing bacteria. They’re actually the strains thought to have caused the bubonic plague. They’re actually not for sale ...

The bubonic plague has cropped up in the US for the first time in nearly a decade. But, thanks to modern medicine, it is much less deadly than its notorious past. When 'The Great Plague' struck ...