An ancient Egyptian mummy has revealed a terrifying strain of bubonic plague that was present thousands of years before the ...

The bacteria that cause the plague evolved to be less deadly over time, allowing it to infect people in 3 separate pandemics ...

Following the global pandemic of COVID-19 and millions under lockdown across the world, we felt it necessary to tell the ...

Despite its fishy name, salmonella has no connection to the underwater creature salmon. Rather, the story behind the bacteria ...

Science This disease killed 25 million people in 5 years centuries ago: Now scientists know why it’s survived all this time. The Black Death killed tens of millions in a few years.

Hong Kong health authorities are investigating the cases of two women who became unwell after receiving cosmetic botulinum toxin injections in Shenzhen, with one left in a critical condition. The ...

But the earliest known bubonic plague outbreak — the Plague of Justinian — took hold in the Mediterranean Basin and lasted from AD 541 to AD 544. Another plague outbreak emerged in China in ...

But the earliest known bubonic plague outbreak — the Plague of Justinian — took hold in the Mediterranean Basin and lasted from AD 541 to AD 544. Another plague outbreak emerged in China in ...

A change to a single gene in the bacterium Yersinia pestis has enabled one of the world’s most notorious pathogens to survive for centuries.

But the earliest known bubonic plague outbreak — the Plague of Justinian — took hold in the Mediterranean Basin and lasted from AD 541 to AD 544. Another plague outbreak emerged in China in ...