The plague, aka the Black Death, made a reappearance in California last week after it infected a South Lake Tahoe resident.

New Mexico has reported the first case of the human plague this year, according to state health officials. On Monday, the New ...

Health officials on Monday reported New Mexico’s first human case of plague in a 43-year-old Valencia County man.

The plague sounds like a distant threat, but a small number of serious cases of the disease occur every year. Experts explain ...

The state Department of Health has reported the first human plague case in New Mexico. The infected person was described as a ...

It is not just a scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague still exists, though it is rare. Here’s what to look for and how to ...

A California resident went camping in South Lake Tahoe and tested positive for a plague after a suspected infected flea bite, ...

It's the state's first case of plague in a human, though a Santa Fe County dog did contract the disease in April.

A person in California recently tested positive for plague, according to El Dorado County health officials. The individual ...

Plague is a “potentially life-threatening disease” caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, according to the U.S. Centers for ...

As for Newton, the plague epidemic helped spur on his annus mirabilis, a Latin phrase meaning "wonderful year," in 1666. It ...