The plague seems like a disease of a distant century ... of a flea that has first feasted on an infected rodent. Initial symptoms — sudden fever, headache, muscle pain, nausea — are ...

So now it’s a very treatable disease. It shouldn’t create the fear that people had in the Middle Ages of the Black Death,” he said. “If anyone develops symptoms consistent with the plague ...

Caused by a bacteria called Yersinia pestis, plague is an infectious disease usually found on small ... which is considered more serious. Other symptoms include nausea, fever, weakness and muscle ...

Symptoms start one to eight weeks after exposure and initially can include fatigue, fever and muscle aches, according to the ...

Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have ... close examination of the symptoms described suggested that this was indeed the disease now known to be caused ...

Hackman, 95, died of cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributory factor, about a week after his wife, 65, died of pulmonary syndrome from a relatively rare infection ...

I've been caring for patients of this horrible plague these last few months. Many other doctors have fled the city for fear of catching the disease, but it seems it is everywhere. A French doctor ...

They were also frightened because the disease was very painful and it affected rich and poor people alike. Medical professionals at the time could not correctly explain the cause of the plague.

Bird flu could pose a threat to Americans as cases slowly rise and spread across the U.S. Dr. Arif Sarwari, infectious ...

Memorialized in the writings of John Donne and children's songs like "Ring Around the Rosy," the plague seems like a disease of a distant century. Today, there are only a few cases of plague ...