In Britain alone, the Black Death wiped out up to half of the population when it struck between 1348 and 1350. But now, new research has found that the plague may actually have been present in ...

The Black Death was a serious disease that killed millions over people around the world over a period of several hundred years. It was named after the colour of the sores that grew under the skin ...

This made Slavin wonder whether the site might help settle a long debate about the origins of the Black Death pandemic that arrived in Europe around 1347 CE. Knowing he’d have little chance of finding ...

LONDON Several teams of scientists around the world have, for some time, been studying the possibility that a genetic mutation perpetuated by the organism responsible for bubonic plague, or the Black ...

I pray to God every night that we will soon find out what causes this deadly disease. The term 'Black Death' was first used in English in the 1700s. At the time of the epidemic, most people would ...

W hen the Black Death hit London, England in 1348 CE, it began to affect the English language. Due to the class struggle imposed on England by the Norman Conquest in 1066 CE, the linguistic makeup ...