London faced one of its deadliest disasters—the Great Plague. The bubonic plague, carried by rats and fleas, spread rapidly ...

Historical texts, from official records to personal chronicles, are revealing how 16th-century weather shaped Transylvanian ...

There the plague was spreading like wildfire, but it hadn’t gone much beyond the city. Some fleas carrying disease came with the tailor’s order, and soon villagers started to fall sick and die.

The Black Death is a disease I am sure most of us have heard of, with its bursting pustules, rats, and overwhelming death ...