plague
Inside Madagascar's 'City of Flies'
About 3,000 people who live in a garbage dump on the outskirts of the country's capital, Antananarivo, are still in close proximity to the pneumonic plague that began last August.
The Dark Ages Were Caused By Two Enormous Volcanic Eruptions
“The sun gave forth its light without brightness.”
How Did Two Yosemite Park Campers Catch the Plague?
And other questions you might be wondering about the scary-sounding disease.
Which Horrific Video Game World Might Another Five Years of the Tories Bring Us?
As bad as the next five years might be, at least we're not ruled by aliens. Yet.
Thousands of 'Non-Conformist' and Plague Skeletons Are Being Dug Out of Bedlam
Bedlam burial ground in central London was in use between 1569 and 1738, and it contains the remains of 20,000 people. Some of them are now being dug up and the bones might help scientists learn how to cure the plague.
Deforestation May Be Helping to Spread the Plague in Africa
As forests are cleared to make way for farmland, the rodents that transmit the deadly bacteria come in more frequent contact with humans.
Growing Corn in East Africa Is Attracting More Plague-Carrying Rats
A new study found plague-infected rodents were nearly twice as common on farms as they were in the wild.
The Bubonic Plague Is Still Killing People in Madagascar
Since the 1990s, the plague has become endemic to Madagascar, with the most recent outbreak flaring up in the capital city of Antananarivo in November.