A landmark discovery by teams from two Florida universities has unearthed one of history's greatest mysteries — what caused the Plague of Justinian. It killed up to 50 million people in the sixth ...

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Do you know that during the Black Death, which was one of the worst pandemics in history, some people believed that the disease was caused by "bad air" or "miasma?" This belief led to the use of ...

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 ...

Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected populations in Western Asia, Africa, and Europe. After that, in the 14th century, ...

A person came down with an atypical form of pneumonia in November 2002, but it would be two months before anyone realized it ...

The changes that came with the transition from foraging to farming paved the way for disease. Nastasic/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images The last pandemic was bad, but COVID-19 is only one of ...

What Is Plague? History, Causes, Types and Prevention: By Shreoshree Chakrabarty The term plague often brings to mind deadly pandemics like the Black Death, but it remains a relevant public health ...

MOORHEAD — We all look forward to the day we'll no longer have to talk about the coronavirus pandemic, but a century from now, schoolchildren from Fargo-Moorhead and beyond will be walking through ...