Scientists are reporting that they’ve discovered an ancestor of the Black Death in 4,000-year-old sheep remains. The ...

These islands may look like paradise, but behind the beauty lies death, mystery, and hauntings. From ghost-infested ruins to cursed battlegrounds and abandoned plague zones, these are the deadliest ...

Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering, both bacteriologists for a state laboratory, were working on their own time to visit sick children and determine if they were infected with a potentially deadly ...

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 ...

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 ...

However, the deadliest plague in history once struck the Sunshine State at the start of the 20th century, according to the Florida state archives. Recommended Videos The bubonic plague ...

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 ...

The 3rd century tomb was used to stop the deadly spread of a pandemic The Cyprian Plague killed 5,000 people a day at its peak from 250 to 271 AD The disease was believed to be smallpox ...

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.