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In 1518, Strasbourg experienced a terrifying Dancing Plague where hundreds danced uncontrollably for days, some to their death. This event is now understood as mass psychogenic illness, likely ...

Disease historians have a problem. While examining samples of ancient human DNA, geneticists have come across genes belonging to the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, revealing that it ravaged ...

A New Mexico resident has tested positive for the plague, making it the second case in the state this year, health officials confirmed on Wednesday, Sept. 24. According to a news release from the New ...

A recent die-off of a large number of prairie dogs in southwestern Colorado has some health officials suspicious that the animals died of plague. The La Plata County Public Health Department launched ...

Operation: Plague Star is a favorite event for Warframe veterans and rapidly becomes one for newer players. Why? It is the ultimate Forma farm. For Plague Star, you need to take on a massive Infested ...

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has reported the first case of human plague in 2025. New Mexico health officials confirmed the infectious disease in a 43-year-old man from Valencia County ...

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has reported the first case of human plague in 2025. New Mexico health officials confirmed the infectious disease in a 43-year-old man from Valencia County ...

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The last day of August will be the first day of school for more than 21,000 students in Duluth public institutions. Twelve parochial schools will open eight days later, with enrollment expected to ...

Health officials in the Sierra Nevada region of California announced this week that a local resident tested positive for plague, an extremely rare bacterial infection usually transmitted through flea ...

A California resident has tested positive for the plague. (Science Photo Library/Getty Images) A Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for the plague, California health officials confirmed on ...