Pneumonic plague is a form of plague that results from Yersinia pestis infection. This article explores its causes, symptoms, and treatment in more detail.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. With China moving to control an outbreak of pneumonic plague, it’s ...

But plague is easier to transmit than Ebola – the pneumonic variant is spread by droplets in the air, while Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with feces or blood.

Pneumonic plague, when left untreated, is always fatal and death can occur within 18 to 24 hours. "The key for clinicians is suspecting plague in the first place, ...

Pneumonic plague is the most deadly and easiest to spread, with a nearly 100% fatality rate untreated, said Lisa Morici, a microbiologist and immunologist at the Tulane University School of ...

The rare but deadly form of plague that has reportedly killed two victims in northwest China and caused authorities to seal off a town of 10,000 is treatable with antibiotics - but only if it's ...

Pneumonic plague can prove fatal within 24 to 72 hours and is the "most virulent form of plague," according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), while the bubonic form is less dangerous.

The plague outbreak in Madagascar is continuing to spread at unprecedented rates, with 57 deaths and more than 680 cases. The latest figures are from October 12. An estimated 329 of these cases ...

Pneumonic plague is the most deadly and easiest to spread, with a nearly 100% fatality rate untreated, said Lisa Morici, a microbiologist and immunologist in the Tulane University School of ...

The pneumonic plague is the deadlier of the three types, which also include the bubonic and septicemic plagues.Bubonic is the most common, and there are typically around a dozen cases in the U.S ...

Pneumonic plague is highly contagious and transmissible between humans — it can be spread when an infected person coughs. That fact caused alarm among Chinese citizens when the initial news broke.

Two people in China are being treated for plague, authorities said Tuesday. It’s the second time the disease, the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human ...