Plague, and the infamous Black Death, spread quickly for centuries, killing millions. Plague still occurs but can be treated ...
Scientists have discovered how adaptations in a single gene helped the plague survive for hundreds of years. Responsible for the deadliest pandemic in history, the bacterium that causes the plague, ...
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Though rare, the bubonic plague is present in certain areas of the United States. Here's how to treat and prevent the deadly ...
The find definitively links the pathogen to the Justinian Plague marking the first pandemic (AD 541–750), resolving one of history's long-standing mysteries. For centuries, historians have deliberated ...
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In a historic breakthrough for global medicine, Israeli researchers have made a ground-breaking development of the world’s first mRNA-based vaccine to protect against a deadly, antibiotic-resistant ...
Responsible for the deadliest pandemic in history, the bacterium that causes the plague, Yersinia pestis, has existed in varying strains from ancient times until today. Now, scientists have unearthed ...