Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human ... according to the World Health Organization. It said the three most endemic countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Bubonic plague is still deadly if not treated ... Countries with the most number of cases are usually Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, and Madagascar. There are also occasional plague cases ...

Poet John Donne wrote these lines in his "Meditation XVII" as the feared Black Death ravaged his native London in 1624. The plague seems like a disease of a distant century, conjuring up the rat ...

The plague’s deadliest outbreak was in the 1300s – but is it gone for good? In this one-minute video, our Ask Smithsonian Host, Eric Schulze, explains what causes the plague and what we are ...

Rx for Survival tells the story of some of the world's most lethal and feared diseases ... children's songs like "Ring Around the Rosy," the plague seems like a disease of a distant century.