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 ...

The bubonic plague killed millions in Europe and Asia during the 14th century, and while it’s not the pandemic it was then, it has also not entirely gone away.

Well, believe it or not, the plague is still around. Blame fleas and the rats, mice, chipmunks, and squirrels they infect. Bubonic plague is caused by bacteria that live in fleas. If you get bit ...

As it advances, however, the dreaded bubonic plague causes painful swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes. Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from ...

A HUMAN case of bubonic plague in the UK has been confirmed as a false alarm following a mix-up with official data. The horror bug that previously wiped out half of Europe in the Black Death is ...

That was the time at which the Black Death -- bubonic plague -- swept like a deadly scythe through Europe, killing one-third of the population. Then, as now, there were individuals who survived ...

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 ...

The UK recently experienced a bubonic plague scare due to a mistakenly reported human case, bringing to mind the historical devastation of the 'Black Death.' Pexels A wave of concern has swept ...

We now know that there are three types of plague: bubonic plague, pneumonic plague and septicaemic plague. Bubonic plague was spread when people were bitten by fleas, which lived on rats.

Various causes were put forward. Today we know that there were two main forms of plague: Bubonic plague produced painful swellings - buboes. This form was mainly spread by fleas carried by rats.