Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the disease outside Eurasia. De Agostini via Getty Images Scientists have ...

A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of the plague, local health officials said. The individual, who was not identified, was treated at Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department and ...

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has revived fears of rodent-borne diseases. From the Black Death to modern outbreaks, here's how such infections have shaped human history, and why they still ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A painting scene of people suffering from the bubonic plague in the 15th century from the Toggenberg Bible. According to the ...

Researchers from the U.K. and Madagascar, in collaboration with Madagascar's health services and national plague program, have conducted the world's first rigorous clinical trial of treatments for ...

Their research could help explain why the same strain of the plague can reemerge in the same area after years of inactivity and harm the local environment. University of Missouri researchers ...

This gripping animated history and science simulation explores a fictional scenario of what would happen if the deadly ...

A domestic cat died of the bubonic plague in Colorado just weeks after a man in Arizona died of the same troubling disease, according to authorities. The cat, from Evergreen, was diagnosed with the ...

A sign warns of bubonic plague near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo., in 2019. A California resident recently contracted the plague. (David Zalubowski / ...