A new scientific discovery has uncovered secrets of the Black Death plague that is thought to have killed tens of millions ...

The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also known as the Black Death — devastated swaths of Europe, killing millions in under a decade. One of the puzzles surrounding this ancient ...

Recent research suggests rats may not have played the critical role in keeping plague going in Europe ... However, the rapid spread of the Black Death and subsequent outbreaks of the next few ...

If they are correct, Dr. Fissell said, it seems that the Big Bang happened right before the Black Death in Eurasia, indicating that the plague’s spread was ... a pin in the map, with a date.” ...

The Black Death ... it was spread by rat fleas. Others think that pneumonic plague was most serious because of the way it spread rapidly from human to human. In either case, death usually happened ...

The bubonic plague wiped out tens of millions of people in Europe in the 14th century — gaining the grim label the Black Death ... and the only way plague can spread from person to person.

Plague is no longer the human scourge it was during “The Black Death,” when it wiped out ... In that case, it can spread from person to person when someone inhales the bacteria breathed ...

The pandemic of bubonic plague—later dubbed the Black Death—raged through Europe from ... a punishment sent by God and sought to halt its spread by taking part in public displays of penance.

More than six centuries ago, the Black Death ravaged Europe ... The history of plague offers important clues toward understanding how pandemics begin and spread, Green said.

Scientists have discovered several genetic variants that protect Europeans from the bubonic plague ... after the Black Death. But 35 of the mutations in immune genes spread far faster than ...