In a new study about the potential origins of the Black Death, scientists suggested that one or more volcanic eruptions that ...

Countless bacterial species share cramped environments where competition for space and resources is fierce. Some rely on a ...

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Commissioner of Medical, Health and Family Welfare Department G Veerapandian on Monday said nine ...

Inside a massive factory in the industrial district of Curitiba, Brazil, millions of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are breeding in ...

In one of the most tightly controlled environments on Earth, a rare bacterium has learned to disappear in plain sight. By ...

Climate‑driven shifts due to volcanic activity, and the increase in grain trade helped bring the Black Death to Italian ports ...

An international team of researchers, including U of A archaeologist Taylor Hermes, has found the first evidence of a Bronze Age plague infection in a non-human host. The discovery provides a missing ...

The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys.

A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...

Some fermenting foods can carry the risk of a bacterium that produces an extremely strong toxin called bongkrekic acid ...

Some reports have tied the cases to a gym in Ocoee where members reported having cases of Legionnaires’ disease, but the gym ...