Plague transmission may have begun a century before the Black Death, study shows
Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...
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London’s Deadliest Pandemic – The 1665 Great Plague Explained!
London faced one of its deadliest disasters—the Great Plague. The bubonic plague, carried by rats and fleas, spread rapidly ...
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On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...
The Royal Gazette18h
Jobs for dogs, Part 2: addressing unwanted behaviours
In part one of this column, we looked at some popular dog breeds and their ideal jobs, meaning the things they are bred for ...
The Black Death was spread by Mongol troops in the Middle East a century before it wiped out half of Britons in the 1300s, new study suggests
New research has found that the plague may actually have caused milder outbreaks in the Middle East a century before it ...
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Scientists Just Discovered The First Known Case Of The Plague In A 5,000-Year-Old Skeleton
"It seems that we are really close to the origin of the bacteria." A Stone Age hunter-gatherer who lived in present-day ...
An Ancient Diary Reveals How 3 Horrifying Summers May Have Altered the Path of an Entire Nation
The analysis of the periods in which the testimonies were recorded indicates that the great majority of the analyzed century ...
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Spring means newborn wildlife — here’s how you can keep them safe
Baby wildlife season is coming up and the Pauline S. Schneegas Wildlife Foundation has information on those newborns and what ...
Phish will play three Boulder shows this summer — and leave Dick’s Sporting Goods Park behind
The band said Tuesday it will play three shows, on July 3, 4, and 5, at the University of Colorado’s Folsom Field. A ...
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Medicine: Farewell to Plague?
Plague is caused by a bacillus, Pasteurella pestis, whose natural habitat is the rat. Fleas carry it from rats to humans. The disease, called bubonic when it affects the lymph nodes, pneumonic ...
AZ Senate leader urges Burgum to reverse Biden-Obama 'land grabs' on uranium sites
Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen said Interior Secretary Burgum can act now to unleash America's uranium capabilities.