A new study led by the University of Aberdeen has provided greater understanding of Scotland's final deadly brush with the ...

It causes skin discoloration ... The bubonic plague is the most common. The black plague killed about 25 million people in ...

In England, the plague took on the name Black Death, because of the characteristic spots that started under the skin as a deep red and turned black. As fleas reappeared each spring, so did the ...

The Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, ravaged Europe for centuries, claiming millions of lives. Believing the ...

The Black Death was a serious disease that killed millions over people around the world over a period of several hundred years. It was named after the colour of the sores that grew under the skin ...

Historically, it has also been called the Black Death, in reference to the gangrenous ... The infection could also enter the body through a cut in the skin if the person came in close contact ...

Up to half of people died when the Black Death swept through Europe in the mid-1300s. A pioneering study analysing the DNA of centuries-old skeletons found mutations that helped people survive the ...

I pray to God every night that we will soon find out what causes this deadly disease. The term 'Black Death' was first used in English in the 1700s. At the time of the epidemic, most people would ...