Vaccination has protected humans from an ever-lengthening list of infectious diseases: polio, yellow fever, diphtheria, ...

A drug addict called Princess on Los Angeles' notorious Skid Row appeared on a popular interview show covered in grim lesions ...

The oldest confirmed case of the illness shows the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the ...

The oldest confirmed case of the illness shows the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the ...

The scientific name for the infection, Yersinia pestis, wiped out vast swathes of Europe but this new finding means ...

The oldest confirmed case of the illness in an ancient Egyptian mummy has shown the bubonic plague was around thousands of ...

Bubonic plague Sydney: How a city survived the black death in 1900 IN 1900, a Sydney wharfie who had been removing rats from his toilet died of the bubonic plague. A wave of public panic followed.

The bubonic plague, also known as the "Black Plague," and its variations are among the most historically devastating rat-borne illnesses. When human beings are bitten by rat fleas, transfer takes ...

A new Plague Tale game from developer Asobo Studio has leaked ahead of an official announcement which could be made later today. The existence of a third entry in the Plague Tale series was reportedly ...

Rats and rodents pose significant health risks beyond mere annoyance, transmitting potentially fatal diseases like hantavirus and bubonic plague. These creatures spread bacterial and viral illnesses, ...

The Plague Tale series is a low-key fave of mine. Look, I love my little rats. Tidal waves of killer rats that you end up controlling? Even better. In today's Xbox Showcase, Focus gave us a quick ...

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