In tests in mice, two new vaccines were found to be 100 percent effective against infection by Yersinia pestis, the bacterium ...
The skeletons of nomadic families unearthed in Siberia harbor "Yersinia pestis" bacteria, which challenges theories about conditions needed for the disease to spread ...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A patient who died at a Flagstaff hospital was diagnosed with the bacteria that causes the plague, marking the first known plague-related death in Coconino County since 2007.
A new study suggests an ancient version of plague most likely spread among family members in hunter-gatherer groups, with ...
Health officials say people and pets can become infected through flea bites or contact with infected animals ...
New Mexico health officials are reminding residents that the plague can spread to people and pets after a wild rat found dead on private property in Santa Fe County has tested positive for the disease ...
A human has died of pneumonic plague in northern Arizona, Coconino County health officials said. The victim sought help at a ...
Plague swept through groups of hunter-gatherers in southeastern Siberia 5,500 years ago, leaving dozens dead in its wake—with DNA from Yersinia pestis bacteria still trapped inside their teeth.
The outbreak of plague in 1346-53, known as the Black Death, was one of the worst pandemics in recorded history. Between a ...