Health officials issue warnings as bacteria and stormwater runoff contaminate beaches nationwide, closing popular swimming ...

The pneumonic plague, known more often as the black plague, claimed the life of a Northern Arizona resident, health officials ...

A sudden death caused by the pneumonic plague has caused a stir. Previously known to be the cause of bubonic plague, people ...

Nine countries have issued health warnings about the plague and this is not a drill. The disease wiped out nearly two thirds of Europe’s population in the 13th and 14th centuries, so that's good.

Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...

A northern Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague. Health officials say it's the first recorded death in the area ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese public health authorities are taking precautions to prevent a bubonic plague outbreak in a remote northern region after a herder contracted the disease, although experts ...

Researcher's death from plague prompts warning. Feb. 24, 2011, ... after it found that an Illinois researcher died in 2009 from exposure to plague ... health agencies and the university began a ...

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019 file photo, a sign warning of bubonic plague is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo.

A squirrel in Colorado tested positive for plague last week. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says it was in El Paso County.

Health officials issue warnings as bacteria and stormwater runoff contaminate beaches nationwide, closing popular swimming locations before the July 4th holiday. Beach bacteria warnings plague ...