The Bubonic plague, more commonly known as the Black Death due to the black ‘buboes’ that would swell in the armpits and ...

The Black Death is a disease I am sure most of us have heard of, with its bursting pustules, rats, and overwhelming death ...

In a new JAMA Dermatology study, scientists at King's College London found that changes in two parts of the genome work ...

So could there be some truth in this old saying? The bubonic plague epidemic reached Hong Kong from southern China in 1894, and the effects were devastating. The disease raged for 30 years and ...

Haunted locations around the world, such as India's Bhangarh Fort, China's Forbidden City, Paris's Catacombs, Canada's ...

In a new study, researchers have found that changes in two parts of the genome work together to influence alopecia risk.

Native to Australia, plague skinks were first recorded in Auckland during the 1960s and are now posing a threat to our rare native lizards. The plague skink (Lampropholis delicata) is sometimes known ...

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