Yersinia pestis is the bacteria that was the cause of the plague, the Black Death, a one-horseman apocalypse ... gerbils, black rats and the fleas along for the ride. Flea bites have been a ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Several Section III high school athletes have acquired cool nicknames that reflect the flash and style with which they play their sport or perhaps something unique about their ...

It’s not a spoiler to reveal that in a show about the Bubonic Plague, not everyone makes it out alive. Secrets are revealed that change friendships forever. Love is lost and gained. And the ...

As rats continue to thrive in the city's squalor, with some reported being 'the size of cats', concerns have been raised the animals could begin to spread Weil's disease. The potentially fatal ...

A new study led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, University of Réunion and Duke University reveals that the black rat is likely responsible for transmitting the deadly hantaviruses in rural ...

HERE’S a cheery thought just as spring has sprung. It’s exactly 387 years since the worst plague Worcester has ever suffered came to an end.

In fact more died in an outbreak of bubonic plague which was comparable percentage-wise to that ... They blamed the disease on the stench from the pond although rats from the mill were more likely the ...

You'll struggle to find a Brit that hasn't heard of the Black Death (1300s) or the Great Plague of London (1600s). But less well-known is the bizarre outbreak of "sweating sickness" in the late ...

A group of neighbours claim that "huge" rats have overrun their street - killing pets, gnawing on car parts and causing damage to homes. Paula Palacio, 57, says the rodent issue in and around ...

Rats are perhaps most famous for being carriers of the Bubonic plague, or the Black Death, in the 14th century. However, studies suggest that it was not the rats themselves that spread the plague but ...