As it advances, however, the dreaded bubonic plague causes painful swellings (buboes) in the lymph nodes. Septicemic plague infects the bloodstream. Pneumonic plague, which can be passed from ...

The mummy, housed at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, revealed traces of Yersinia pestis DNA, the bacterium responsible for the bubonic plague, indicating that the individual suffered horrific ...

The bubonic plague was once the world's most feared disease, but can now be easily treated The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is "carefully monitoring" a case of bubonic plague in China's ...

Kem Ormond takes a look at the world of farming back in the day. Bubonic plague conjures images of facing the Black Death during the Great Plague of London in 1665. However, New Zealand also had a ...