So large was the death toll and so great was the danger of contagion that funerary customs were disrupted. People fled cities ...

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has revived fears of rodent-borne diseases. From the Black Death to modern outbreaks, ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

Despite the deadliness of the disease, it was possible to recover from plague, and medieval chroniclers mention the ...

The Black Death, which swept across Europe between 1347 and 1351, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It’s estimated that it killed roughly one-third to one-half of Europe’s ...