A surface protease helps Yersinia pestis plow its way through the body during pneumonic plague. During the 14th through 16th centuries, Y. pestis caused a pandemic of plague that killed a third of ...

Dan Snow and Raksha Dave investigate how the plague devastated Britain 700 years ago, killing around three million people across the country. In the first edition, Dan heads to Melcombe Regis in ...

There liv'd a wife in Whistle-cockpen Will ye na can ye na let me be, She brews gude yill for gentleman, And ay she waggit it wantonlie. The night blew sair wi' wind and weet, Will ye na can ye na ...

The plague that killed a quarter of the people of Europe in the years 1348–1350 is still studied to shed light on human behavior under conditions of universal catastrophe ...

Hello, I’m Ben Wattenberg. The plague that struck Europe in the middle of the fourteenth century wiped out nearly twenty million people. But according to a recent book by Norman Cantor, In the ...

Now, Naaman’s leprosy will come upon you and upon your descendants forever.” Gehazi immediately became completely leprous. I seriously fear that a similar fate could await any person who may ...

COVID 19 was not the first, nor will it be the last. The Black Death is probably the most famous pandemic in history. Between 1347 and 1351, this outbreak of bubonic plague killed millions of ...

Plague doctors wore a distinctive costume - the beak mask held dried flowers and reduced the effect of bad smells for the medic A suspected case of bubonic plague has been reported to Chinese ...

Ahoy, Mainers! The 62nd annual Windjammer Days set sail this summer. Join us from June 23-29 for a weeklong expedition to Boothbay Harbor filled with fun events, sightseeing, food, music, and more ...

Ye’s former assistant accused the rapper of drugging and sexually assaulting her at an event co-hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs in an amended complaint she filed this week, adding another ...

Ye, the embattled rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has been accused in a new lawsuit of threatening to kill an employee who says he was tasked with investigating bizarre conspiracy theories ...

Michelle Ye Hee Lee is The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau chief, reporting on Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Previously, she covered money and influence in politics and voting access on the ...