A single entry of the plague bacterium into Europe was responsible for the Black Plague of the mid-14th century. This same strain sparked recurrent outbreaks on the continent over the following four centuries before spreading ...
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Research co-led by the University of Glasgow has made a potential breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of Norwegian and Chinese researchers has traced the spread of the last plague outbreak in China—in so doing they have found that the disease followed roads, rivers and coastlines to jump to new ...
An international team of scientists has discovered that two of the world's most devastating plagues – the plague of Justinian and the Black Death, each responsible for killing as many as half the people in Europe—were ...
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Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often until it's too late for ...
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A New Mexico man died after being hospitalized for bubonic plague in the state's first death from the disease since 2020, health officials reported.
Mar 13, 2024
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Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got the disease from a sick pet cat.
Feb 13, 2024
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Public health officials in Oregon have reported a case of bubonic plague in a local resident who they said likely contracted it from a pet cat.
Feb 13, 2024
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When London faced the bubonic plague in 1665, many people desperately sought a way to protect themselves and their loved ones from getting sick. One widely adopted method consisted of mixing two small cloves of garlic in ...
Aug 31, 2023
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With the spread of monkeypox across the world coming hot on the heels of COVID-19, there are fears that increasing outbreaks of diseases that jump from animals to humans could spark another pandemic.
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