A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

Arizona: A resident of north Arizona died from pneumonic plague, marking the first death in the region in 18 years. The last ...

The death in Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local ...

History Dept. What the 14th Century Plague Tells Us About How Covid Will Change Politics Regions hit hardest by the Black Death in Europe looked more democratic centuries later.

The Black Death also made John of Gaunt, a younger son of Edward III, the richest man in England and the Duke of Lancaster after his father-in-law died in the plague.

The primary reason that we date the Black Death to the 14th century is because our historical sources told us to. When Green came to work on this subject, she wondered how science might change the ...

The origins of the Black Death are a mystery no more, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.. The Black Death was a plague caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis that first ...