Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...

The Plague Doctor's costume was designed to protect you from what was thought of as "evil" smells or bad air which was seen as the cause of infection at the time. This is now known as the ...

Young people are weathering the pandemic by posting photos of themselves in 17th-century plague-doctor outfits.

But stuffed with strong-smelling substances—ambergris, mint, rose petals—the plague doctor's mask actually embodies both practical and erroneous responses to the spreading pandemic.

Why plague doctors wore those strange beaked masks In the 17th century, people believed these outfits could purify poisonous air. They were wrong.

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

Cops in the English village of Hellesdon are hunting for an unidentified individual who's been creeping out locals by lurking around town while dressed as a 17th Century plague doctor.

While the plague doctor is a figure from the past symbolized through Venetian masks, in many ways new technology has served as its contemporary medical surrogate.

PLAGUE DOCTOR Streams at The SoHo Playhouse The cast includes Charlotte Ahlin, Danielle Cohn, Donovan Mendelovitz, Nikky Robinson, and Aubrey Lace Taylor.

Doctor Plague film starts shooting in London with Martin Kemp leading the cast opposite Peter Woodward and David Yip.

"A doctor, researcher and alchemist who prefers to hang back, eating away at her foes with stacking damage-over-time abilities like toxic clouds & plague-filled grenades. She is equally effective ...