Plague22 Feb 2026How Londoners used data to survive the Great PlagueA study suggests London's elite used death toll data to alter their behaviour to navigate the deadly plague.22 Feb 20264 Nov 2025First scientific evidence of Black Death in Edinburgh found on skeletonPlaque on the teenager's teeth contains pathogens of the bacteria for the Bubonic plague.4 Nov 202512 Jul 2025Arizona resident dies from plague, health officials sayThis was the first recorded death from the disease in Coconino County since 2007.12 Jul 202525 Feb 2024'Plague dress' on show at city medical museumThe dress is included in an exhibition at Leeds' Thackray Museum of Medicine.25 Feb 202421 Nov 2023Black women 'most likely to die in medieval plague'Bioarchaeologists studied three plague burial sites to research how racism influenced risk of death.21 Nov 202331 May 2023Researchers find oldest evidence of the plagueScientists discover 4,000-year-old plague DNA - the oldest evidence of the disease in Britain.31 May 202324 Dec 2021The Indian 'germ murder' that gripped the worldA near-forgotten murder of an Indian prince in 1933 involved stealing lethal bacteria from a laboratory.24 Dec 202117 Aug 2021Covid-vaccine scientists begin plague-jab trialThe first volunteers have received a dose of the vaccine, made using the same technology as the Covid jab.17 Aug 202129 Jun 20215,000-year-old man was 'oldest plague victim'Scientists piece together clues from "patient zero", who likely caught the plague from a rodent.29 Jun 2021
