A British woman has spoken of her stressful experience dealing with an 'infectious' medieval skin disease that is very ...

Infectious diseases are hitting homeless populations especially hard. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Jennifer Millar keeps trash bags and hand sanitizer near her tent, and she regularly pours ...

For centuries, leprosy was seen as a divine curse that turned people into walking corpses. This documentary uncovers the truth behind the myths - how the disease actually works, why sufferers were ...

Late in the Middle Ages, Italian stargazers gave a name to the annual contagion that rolled around each year like clockwork.

A person in California has tested positive for the Black Death, the same disease that once wiped out tens of millions across Europe — and it happened in one of the state’s most visited outdoor ...

Newspaper people are capable of debating almost anything to death, and one great topic of debate around these parts has been this: Do people still read fiction? I can’t speak for all people, but the ...

Paul Gaylord contracted the "medieval" disease while rescuing an infected cat. July 19, 2012— -- Doctors will amputate an Oregon man's fingers and his toes next week, which were ravaged by the ...

Excavation by Moesgaard Museum during installation of new waste containers will use carbon dating and DNA tests to explore ...

The Western inheritance: Greek and Roman ideas about disease -- Medieval diseases and responses -- The Great Plague pandemic -- New diseases and transatlantic exchanges -- Continuity and change: magic ...

A person has died of the pneumonic plague at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, according to Northern Arizona Healthcare, the organization that runs the hospital. The patient arrived at the ...