As it advances, however, the dreaded bubonic plague ... In England, the plague took on the name Black Death, because of the characteristic spots that started under the skin as a deep red and ...

A cat in Oregon has been blamed for infecting its owner with bubonic ... pestis, plague is an infectious disease usually found on small animals and transmitted through fleas or broken skin.

A HUMAN case of bubonic plague in the UK has been confirmed as a false alarm following a mix-up with official data. The horror bug that previously wiped out half of Europe in the Black Death is ...

It was named after the colour of the sores that grew under the skin ... of the plague. Various causes were put forward. Today we know that there were two main forms of plague: Bubonic plague ...