A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

In 1347, the Black Death first arrived in the Mediterranean via trade ships carrying goods from the territories of the Golden Horde in the Black Sea. This deadly outbreak rapidly spread across ...

Experts now agree that real wages rose after the Black Death, at least from 1375, and stayed higher than before the plague until about 1500. . . . To Read the Full Story Join NRPlus Login ...