A HUMAN case of bubonic plague in the UK has been confirmed as a false alarm following a mix-up with official data. The ...

It's possible to pass it on through a cough, but the most common way to catch plague is through a bite from an infected flea or animal. How does the bubonic plague affect your body? Bubonic plague ...

A recent health reporting error in the UK sparked fears of a bubonic plague resurgence, reminiscent of the 'Black Death' that ...

The Black Death, a mix of bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic plague, wiped out 60% of Europe's population in the 14th century ...

Well, believe it or not, the plague is still around. Blame fleas and the rats, mice, chipmunks, and squirrels they infect. Bubonic plague is caused by bacteria that live in fleas. If you get bit ...

Plague is an infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacteria. The zoonotic microorganism is typically found in small mammals ...

A UK health agency has admitted to an error after incorrectly stating that a person had recently contracted bubonic plague. Best known for causing the Black Death scare, the horror bug that previously ...

Bubonic plague, or "the black death," had raged throughout ... Japanese physician Masanori Ogata wrote "one should pay attention to insects like fleas for, as the rat becomes cold after death ...

In the 1330s, bubonic plague broke out in China and ... since the risk of acquiring plague from a flea bite is low. Treatment, however, is highly effective using the antibiotic tetracyclene ...

Fleas carry diseases including the plague ... It is these buboes that give bubonic plague its name. Around 50 per cent, or half or all those infected would die from bubonic plague.

The fleas were wrapped in little cotton bags ... really begun the nightmare of bacterial warfare, their choice of bubonic plague was not smart. Changteh is little more than a hundred miles from ...