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Oregon resident diagnosed with the plague. What to know about the disease
WFLA via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOfficials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got...
China's Inner Mongolia reports two cases of bubonic plague
Reuters via AOL· 10 months agoChina's northern region of Inner Mongolia reported two cases of bubonic plague on Saturday, following a previous infection that was detected on Aug. 7, the local government said. Cases of bubonic ...
China reports one human infection of bubonic plague in northwestern region of Ningxia
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe northwestern Chinese region of Ningxia reported one human infection of plague, state television said late on Tuesday. The caseload of human plague infection, a highly infectious and severe ...
A Shadow of the Black Death Has Reappeared in the Pacific Northwest
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA Shadow of the Black Death Has ReappearedSmith Collection/Gado - Getty Images While rare, the...
Rats may not have played critical role in Black Death, study suggests
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRats may not have played a critical role in causing Bubonic Plague outbreaks in Europe as is often...
Ancient origins of the Black Death — bubonic plague — traced to Central Asian lake
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwenty-five skeletons of suspected victims of the "Black Death," or bubonic plague, that ravaged...
Ancient DNA solves mystery over origin of medieval Black Death
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAncient DNA from bubonic plague victims buried in cemeteries on the old Silk Road trade route in...
Maybe rats didn't spread the Black Death after all, new evidence suggests
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA large number of black rats swarming all over each other. The Black Death ravaged Europe between...
New research reveals Central Asia, rather than China, as origin of the Black Death
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA study by a team of international researchers has traced the origins of the Black Death to a site...
So Much of What We Know About the Plague Might Be Wrong
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Wellcome Images/Wikimedia CommonsThere is a...