Their iconic and ominous look, as depicted in this 1656 engraving of a Roman doctor, is recognizable to this day. The plague was once the most feared disease in the world, capable of wiping out ...

This is a 17th-century German or Austrian plague doctor mask, from the collection of the Deutches Historisches Museum. (Anagoria/GNU Free Documentation License) Since the onset of the pandemic ...

Cops in the English village of Hellesdon are hunting for an unidentified individual who’s been creeping out locals by lurking around town while dressed as a 17th-century plague doctor ...

(Today, you might recognize it from the “plague doctor” costumes worn during the Carnival of Venice, as it’s associated with Il Medico della Peste, the famous commedia dell’arte character.) ...

With their dark, heavy robes and beaked masks, the plague doctor will forever be associated with the bubonic plague, even though they first appeared in France and Italy in the 1600s, nearly 300 ...

With Halloween just around the corner, seeing people dressed in scary outfits will shortly become more common. However, context is important and attendees at the Infectious Diseases Week (IDWeek ...

What doctors didn't know was that they were probably doing more harm than good—spreading the plague even more by exposing more people to their plague-covered articles of clothing. In the 14th ...

The sight of the individual out walking in a plague doctor outfit provoked mixed reactions A person who was "terrifying kids" by walking around a village dressed as a 17th Century plague doctor ...