On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...

However, compared to the Black Death in Europe during the 15th century or the outbreak in China and India in the 19th century that killed millions, the bubonic plague isn't as deadly as it once was.

But compared to the Black Death in Europe during the 15th century or the outbreak in China and India in the 19th century that killed millions, the bubonic plague isn't as deadly as it used to be.

Past outbreaks offer clues. How will the pandemic end? Past outbreaks offer clues. The Plague of Athens killed tens of thousands, but its cause remains a mystery The Plague of Athens killed tens ...

Honolulu officials thought fire could stop the bubonic plague from spreading through the growing city. But high winds thwarted that plan.

The Black Death is probably the most famous pandemic in history. Between 1347 and 1351, this outbreak of bubonic plague killed millions of people across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Word spreads of a bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Black Death, the disease that killed as much as half of Europe in the 1300s, is here in the United States. National ...

Most people infected with plague during the 1665 outbreak had bubonic plague. Pneumonic plague is spread from person to person through air droplets. In the period before antibiotics were developed ...

Bubonic plague, or the ‘Black Death’ as it became known ... Australia’s coordinated response to the plague outbreak was instrumental in proving the importance of public health and modern, sanitary ...

137 natural outbreaks of plague have been detected in Mongolia, including at the border with Russia and China. The closest outbreaks of bubonic plague to Russia are located in Mongolia’s Uvs ...

The 14th-century global outbreak of bubonic plague, known as the Black Death, was the deadliest disease outbreak in recorded history, killing up to half of the European, Asian, and African populations ...