While medical treatment and sanitary improvements have lessened its impact, the bubonic plague — responsible for the Black Death in the 14th century — could still be alive in your backyard. Early in ...

A person died from pneumonic plague in Arizona last week, the first death from the disease in this region in nearly two decades. This death might bring to mind the bubonic plague, the form of the ...

Follow scientists as they track down the earliest known bubonic plague victims in hopes of preventing future outbreaks, while historians and scholars explore the societal impact of the plague on ...

A Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for the plague, California health officials confirmed on Tuesday. The resident is believed to have been bitten by an infected flea while camping in South Lake ...