The plague — aka the Black Death, aka the Great Pestilence — is rarely contracted today, yet it recently infected a South ...

From drinking crushed emeralds to sitting in sewers, medieval Europe’s plague “cures” were as terrifying as the disease ...

“Kiss of the Spider Woman” (Roadside Attractions, in theaters): Bill Condon’s film, based on the stage musical stars Diego ...

Phillip W. Magness and Sebastian N. Page, Colonization After Emancipation: Lincoln and the Movement for Black Resettlement, ...

A California resident tests positive for a variant of the bubonic plague after a flea bite while camping. The plague can lead ...

Health officials in the Sierra Nevada region of California announced this week that a local resident tested positive for ...

Without wasting much time, Y. pestis arrived on the western coast of the U.S. in March 1900. Upon coming ashore, it infected ...

A resident of South Lake Tahoe has tested positive for the plague, county health officials confirmed Tuesday, marking the first human case in El Dorado County since 2020. The El Dorado County ...

The Blood of the Dawnwalker imagines if Vrakhiri (Rebel Wolves’ made-up word for vampires) seized the opportunity presented ...