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

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

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

A warning has been issued by health officials to take care when outdoors in South Lake Tahoe, California, as a man has tested ...

A California resident is being treated for plague as health officials raise awareness about the illness carried by fleas.

Know how the Black Death plague affects the human body with a detailed simulation. Learn the symptoms, risks, and what to ...

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

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 person has tested positive for ‘Black Death’ in California, just over a month after an Arizona resident died from pneumonic ...

A chilling simulation has revealed what happens if you contract the bubonic plague. It was revealed this week that an ...

By taking the now-powdery black pulp out of the teeth of plague victims buried in London's East Smithfield Cemetery —a cemetery established solely to handle theonslaught of the Black Death once ...

The Black Death, the world’s most devastating plague outbreak, killed half of medieval Europe’s population in the space of seven years in the 14th century, shifting the course of human history.