The mystery: How did bubonic plague spread so rapidly? Could rat fleas have done it all? A new study points the finger at lice as possible... The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also known ...

Putting aside the recent historical finding that it was not rats that carried the plague carrying fleas which triggered the medieval “Black Death“, but rather gerbils, there is a strng association ...

Madagascar is one of the last places where outbreaks of human bubonic plague still happen regularly. Fleas carrying the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis can spread the disease through their bites. And ...

Health officials say people and pets can become infected through flea bites or contact with infected animals ...

New Mexico health officials are reminding residents that the plague can spread to people and pets after a wild rat found dead ...

A fluorescent image of a human body louse with Yersinia pestis infection — that's the cause of the plague — depicted in orange/red in the glands. The plague — which in the mid-14th century was also ...

Researchers uncover why some homes in rural Madagascar where bubonic plague is endemic are infested with fleas. Based on their findings, they recommend ways to reduce the flea populations and their ...