A laboratory technician is dead in Siberia. An institute is sealed, a hospital has stopped admitting patients, some two ...

While modern medicine treats the plague effectively, awareness and quick action remain crucial to stopping it from spreading ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent's population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from suspected pneumonic plague in Siberia’s Irkutsk region, accordi ...

The suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia has put plague back in the global spotlight. But plague is not one single disease; here is how its three main forms differ, how they spread and why ...

When people hear the word "plague," many may have the image of a "past infectious disease (the Black Death)" that exploded in ...

One of humanity's oldest diseases is in the news due to a death in Siberia, but could plague once again become a major global ...

IT seems a lot longer than six years since Britain and the wider world lived through the terror of the Covid pandemic. Economies including the UK are still recovering from the hammer blow of ...

Following the death of a lab technician in Irkutsk who worked at an anti-plague institute, there has been talk in Russia of a possible case of pneumonic plague. This news has raised concerns about a ...

Plague outbreaks in London spread four times faster in the 17th century than they did in the 14th century, researchers have estimated after studying troves of wills and death records. Researchers from ...

Reports alleging a second plague-related death in Siberia remain unconfirmed as Russian authorities tell the World Health ...