The hippodrome at Jerash once held chariot races and roaring crowds. By the time plague reached this prosperous city in what ...

Beneath the stone seats of a Roman hippodrome in Jerash, Jordan, archaeologists found what no one had expected when they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Co-lead study author Ravneet Sidhu examines a human tooth at McMaster University’s Ancient DNA Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. The ...

Yersinia pestis is a type of disease-causing bacteria that causes all three forms of plague — bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic. Bubonic plague is widely known as the disease behind the devastating ...

Pneumonic plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, remains a subject of intense scientific scrutiny given its historical impact and potential modern threat. Research has elucidated the ...

Scientists solve the mystery of the Justinian Plague. They identify Yersinia pestis as the cause. The plague devastated the Byzantine Empire. DNA from a mass grave in Jerash, Jordan confirms this.

(CBS/AP) Using DNA taken from centuries-old skeletons, scientists have cracked the genetic code of the bacterium that caused the Black Death, one of history's worst plagues. They found that the germ, ...

Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that devastated Europe during the Middle Ages, infected man bitten by stray cat. Health officials have confirmed that an Oregon man has the plague after he was bitten ...

If you’re not familiar with Yersinia pestis, that’s okay. However, I’m sure you’re familiar with the plague. Does the Black Death ring a bell? The most notable outbreaks of plague are the 6th century ...

While studying Yersinia pestis, the bacteria responsible for epidemics of plague such as the Black Death, scientists found a single small genetic change that fundamentally influenced the evolution of ...