The Black Death plague, bird flu and mpox are among 24 threats that have been added to an influential watchlist of the ...

If people had been aware of the existence of bacteria and their role in causing the Black Death in the 14th century, as well ...

Oregon just had their first case of bubonic plague in years—yes, the same bubonic plague responsible for the historical Black Death pandemics. But don’t panic just yet. Plague is more common ...

This made Slavin wonder whether the site might help settle a long debate about the origins of the Black Death pandemic that arrived in Europe around 1347 CE. Knowing he’d have little chance of finding ...

COVID 19 was not the first, nor will it be the last. The Black Death is probably the most famous pandemic in history. Between 1347 and 1351, this outbreak of bubonic plague killed millions of ...

Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023 ...

Using DNA extracted from teeth of people who died before, during and during the Black Death pandemic, researchers were able to identify genetic differences that dictated who survived and who died ...

“This discovery is a hugely important step forward in documenting and understanding Europe’s most devastating pandemic,” he added ... said in a statement. The Black Death peaked in Europe between 1348 ...

While maternal deaths in the U.S. declined in 2023, Black women still died at more than three times the rate of white w ...