Humans usually become infected through the bite of an infected rodent flea or by handling an infected animal. Plague can be cured with antibiotics, but these must be given promptly to prevent serious ...

A patient died of bubonic plague just hours after checking into the Flagstaff Medical Center in northern Arizona.

The bubonic plague, which is caused by a bacterial infection, was chillingly known as “Black Death” when it wiped out some 50 million people across Africa, Asia and Europe in the Middle Ages.

Bubonic plague has a case-fatality ratio of 30% to 60% when left untreated, while pneumonic plague, when left untreated, is always fatal, according to WHO.

The bubonic plague is historically known as the Black Death — and one of the world's deadliest recorded pandemics. ... In a 2006 summary of an interregional meeting concerning plague, ...

The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that was likely first introduced in North America around 1900 from rats on ships coming from South Asia, according to Timothy Brewer, M ...

Bubonic is the most common form, accounting for more than 80% of cases in the U.S. Pneumonic plague is the most serious. Many animals can get the plague, including rock squirrels, wood rats ...

Bubonic plague is still deadly if not treated, so it's important to seek medical aid immediately if you think you have it. Here's what you need to know about how to treat and prevent bubonic plague.

A confirmed case of human bubonic plague in Oregon raised fears over a resurgence of the infamous contagion that wiped out millions in the Middle Ages. But officials say there's no cause for alarm ...

A person in Pueblo County, Colorado, about 100 miles south of Denver, has been infected with bubonic plague, local health officials said Monday. Last week, state and local officials identified the ...

For all the inherent virtues of “Plague at the Golden Gate,” what will prove a distraction—and not unintentionally—are its parallels to recent events. When bubonic plague arrived in San ...