A MAN started growing boils up his arm just hours after catching the bubonic plague from his pet cat. The 73-year-old from Oregon, US, had accidentally cut his finger with a kitchen knife in ...

Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.

President Donald Trump was swept into office promising to Make America Healthy Again. Now his controversial Health Secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, must contend with the return of the Black Death.

Visitors to Yosemite National Park are reporting an increase in aggressive wildlife encounters that could lead to diseases ...

The disease is rarely found in humans, so much so that only seven people are diagnosed with the severe lung infection annually in the United States.