Madagascar is one of the last places where outbreaks of human bubonic plague still happen regularly. Fleas carrying the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis can spread the disease through their bites.

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

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

Siphonapterists admire fleas for their own sakes, but point out that they are important to human beings because of the diseases they carry.† Bubonic plague, the most dangerous flea-borne disease ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The disease is spread by fleas." Bubonic plague is a bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis. According to the CDC and WHO, the ways plague moves from animals to humans involve being bitten ...

The disease is spread by fleas." Bubonic plague is a bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis. According to the CDC and WHO, the ways plague moves from animals to humans involve being bitten by ...