The Black Death, a bubonic plague pandemic, is estimated to have resulted in the death of nearly 50% of Europe’s 14th century population, making it one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human ...

A personal history of independent India is marked by moral compass and graceful writing ...

Plagues can manifest seemingly out of nowhere, bombarding sapient life with zombification, horrifying rot, or even death of ...

Set in Oran, the fable unfolds with an outbreak of bubonic plague that kills hundreds of people a day and forces authorities to seal the gates to prevent the pestilence from spreading. The ...

During disease outbreaks, they may have feared that bodies could transmit disease. While it is true that some illnesses like cholera and tuberculosis can infect people who handle bodies, this is not ...

Other states with active outbreaks — defined as three or more cases — include Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Mexico. The U.S. has more than double the number ...

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported its measles outbreak had grown to 597 cases as of Friday, with 62 of the patients having been hospitalized and two school-aged children ...

They included viruses such as anthrax and bubonic plague, according to the Washington Post. The extraordinary details have come to light because thousands of State Department documents dealing ...

The U.S. has 800 cases of measles nationwide as of Friday, and two more states identified outbreaks this week. Texas is driving the high numbers, with an outbreak centered in West Texas that ...

The U.S. has 800 cases of measles nationwide as of Friday, and two more states identified outbreaks this week. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that's airborne and spreads easily ...