Black plague
Plague-infected letter mailed to France’s interior minister amid heightened security concerns
The letter, containing black powder and racist remarks, tested positive for the bubonic plague.
Black Plague killed farmers thousands of years before 14th-century Europe - study
Scientists find evidence of the bubonic plague in Bronze Age England - study
On This Day in 1900: Bubonic plague infects San Francisco
Central Asia source of Black Death pandemic, researchers say
Syriac inscriptions on ancient tombstones in cemeteries in modern-day Kyrgyzstan hinted to a trading community devastated by the plague, leading to a multi-disciplinary international study.
![Plague inscription from the Chu-Valley region in Kyrgyzstan. The inscription is translated as follows: “In the Year 1649 [= 1338 CE], and it was the Year of the tiger, in Turkic Bars. This is the tomb of the believer Sanmaq. [He] died of pestilence”.](https://images.jpost.1eye.us/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/508067)
How the Black Death changed one of Christianity’s most important rituals
Opinion: Nicole Archambeau tackles "penance and plague."
How did we face epidemics before the age of vaccines?
From the lepers in the Bible to the victims of the Plague and the Spanish flu – the main tools to combat contagious diseases were isolations and lockdowns.
What can rats teach us in a time of pandemic?
Though rat bites can cause a nasty condition called hantavirus, we are healthy, thank God a million times, but our furry frenemies? They are with us.
Inner Mongolia village quarantined after plague patient dies
The city has also put the district where the village is located on the second-lowest alert level on its four-level system for plague response until the end of the year.
Squirrel in Colorado tests positive for bubonic plague
The plague is still found worldwide, but has mostly been found in animals.
Long-forgotten Viking mountain pass found in Norway following glacier melt
Due to global warming, high-elevation ice patches and glaciers have recently yielded a myriad of historical finds for archaeologists to discover.
