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In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.

A change to a single gene in the bacterium Yersinia pestis has enabled one of the world’s most notorious pathogens to survive for centuries.

Yersinia pestis –the bacterium that causes bubonic plague –managed to survive for centuries by adjusting its severity and the length of time it takes to kill its hosts.

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of ...

More than a plague: How colonialism, class and incarceration feed disease outbreaks Edna Bonhomme, author of "A History of the World in Six Plagues," details how pandemics are about more than viruses ...

Join us on arts24 for an in-depth interview with acclaimed Irish author Mike McCormack, as he delves into his latest novel, "This Plague of Souls", now available in French. Known for his ...

Kyle Harper, a historian at the University of Oklahoma and author of “Plagues Upon the Earth,” said that not long ago, before archaeologists and geneticists began collaborating, the plague was ...

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.