Researchers have uncovered the oldest confirmed case of the plague outside Eurasia in an ancient Egyptian mummy, suggesting that the deadly disease was present in North Africa thousands of years ...

The Black Death, caused by the spread of the yersinia pestis bacteria by rats, was a devastating pandemic that first struck Europe in the mid-1300s, when it's estimated to have killed up to two ...

The Black Death probably entered Europe through Messina, Sicily. Rats live in proximity to humans and were usually present on the merchant ships that sailed from country to country, often ...

Daily life in Birmingham amid an ongoing bin strike has become "tremendously difficult", residents said. Piles of bin bags ...

Millions of rats were killed and in 2 months no new cases of plague were reported. Bubonic plague, or "the black death," had raged throughout Europe and Asia over the past centuries. In the ...

Uh, Bubonic Plague is uh, carried by uh, fleas uh, on the backs of rodents. Uh, in the Middle Ages, probably black rats were most common and…. Ben: But the fleas were the actual culprits.

I've been caring for patients of this horrible plague these last few months. Many other doctors have fled the city for fear of catching the disease, but it seems it is everywhere. A French doctor ...

I was even accused of painting white rats black. “But the situation was 100% real. The city is looking terrible, a disgrace, and the time to sort it is starting now.” Mitchell admits he was ...

I was even accused of painting white rats black. “But the situation was 100% real. The city is looking terrible, a disgrace, and the time to sort it is starting now.” Mitchell admits he was amazed at ...