It was the first of 13 plaques to be placed around Chicago denoting historic sites of the Black Panther Party. They were ...

Pneumonic Plague Infections in Modern Times Show the Black Death Isn’t Dead A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how ...

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the bacteria that spurred the Black Death centuries ago continues to claim lives ...

A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, US, showing sev… ...

The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly respiratory disease transmitted mainly by infected fleas.

Arizona reports first death since 2007 ‘Black Death’ in Arizona: A resident of north Arizona died from pneumonic plague, marking the first death in the region in 18 years.

A person in northern Arizona died from bubonic (pneumonic) plague, marking Coconino County's first death from the disease since 2007.

The Richmond Fire Department and other local organizations will be hosting an event in honor of Virginia’s first Black firefighters in July.

A historic marker will pay homage to Martin Luther King Jr.'s love for America's oldest Black intercollegiate fraternity, and shed light on Boston's role in his pursuit of Divine Nine membership.

A new plaque will detail the story of Martin Luther King's crossing as an Alpha Man in 1952, just before he led the civil rights movement.

By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — One of the bleakest periods in medieval Europe was the plague pandemic known as the Black Death, which killed at ...

Black rats can carry fleas hosting the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which causes the plague. Credit: Tom McHugh/Science Photo Library A small genetic change makes the bacterium that caused the ...