In the Middle Ages, plague killed millions in Europe, claiming perhaps up to 200 million lives, half the continent’s population. But it's not just a thing of the past. Earlier this week, Pueblo County ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

The bubonic plague has cropped up in Oregon for the first time in nearly a decade. This time a person likely caught it from their cat, health officials in the central part of the state said last week.

A human case of the plague has appeared in Pueblo County, Colorado, according to preliminary test results. It is the first case in the state since a child from La Plata County died in 2021. Southern ...