The bubonic plague killed as many as 50 million people across Europe in the 14th century - 50% of its population - in what's ...

COVID jab scientists are developing a Black Death vaccine over fears the disease could re-emerge and kill millions.

A team tested the ancient mummy dating back more than 3,000 years and discovered the bubonic plague in his bone tissue and ...

Scientists who developed the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine during the Covid pandemic are developing the UK's first bubonic ...

Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially ...

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An Egyptian mummy, over 3,000 years old, may have died from the bubonic plague, providing the first genetic evidence of the ...

FOR most, mention of the Black Death probably conjures up medieval images of people dying horrifically in the street. Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plague has killed ...

Researchers have uncovered the oldest confirmed case of the plague outside Eurasia in an ancient Egyptian mummy.

Oxford team reports hopeful results in trials as military experts say UK should stock supplies of Black Death inoculation ...

Scientists who developed the AstraZeneca COVID jab are working on a new vaccine to combat the Black Death amid rising fears ...

Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague, marking the first case of the disease outside Eurasia. De Agostini via Getty Images Scientists ...