In fact, most infectious diseases that plague people can be spread by animals ... can also put it into your body. Doctors diagnose bird flu with a nasal swab, and medications are available ...

Who knew a funny-sounding duck would become so famous and successful? No, we’re not talking about Daffy or Donald. Aflac, America’s favorite spokes-duck, is turning 25, and the company is ...

Anthony Delaney takes Maddy Pelling in search of the oddest cures concocted in the face of the Black Death, busting a few myth along the way (sorry Plague Doctor, but you're in the wrong century).

On display at the German Museum of Medical History in Ingolstadt is an authentic 16th Century CE, plague doctor mask, an eerie yet fascinating relic from one of history's darkest periods.

Previously, she founded The Mary Sue. Polygon sat down with Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu, the stars of Doctor Who’s latest season, recently by video chat, and when we asked for their favorite ...

Stage newcomer Natalie Haruka Ewe portrays Alice in Plague Mask Players' radical reworking of Lewis Carroll's classic fairytale.(Evan Michael Woods) It was brilliant, the treatment of Kate echoing ...

SEVEN NEWS. WEST SIDE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ENJOYING MARIPOSA BASIN PARK AND ITS DUCK POND FOR DECADES. WELL, NOW SOME ARE SAYING THAT POND IS FILTHY, FOLLOWING WHAT THEY CALL A SUBPAR RENOVATION ...

Yersinia pestis is the bacteria that was the cause of the plague, the Black Death, a one-horseman apocalypse. In proportion to population, the plague may have been the most lethal catastrophe in ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Several Section III high school athletes have acquired cool nicknames that reflect the flash and style with which they play their sport or perhaps something unique about their ...

Adding to the production’s success, Plague Mask used Pegasus Theatre’s trademarked Living Black and White technique to stunningly re-create the look of early TV live. “The twist has to make ...

NEWBURYPORT — Tired of watching his yard turn into an above-ground pool after almost every decent rainstorm, one Marquand Lane resident is once again turning to the city for help. "It's always ...