Bubonic Plague

With much of the snow melting, and labeling of the chemical products registered for prairie dogs allowing use for some time yet, some opportunity remains this winter for control. Before initiating chemical control measures however, landowners would be...

A ground squirrel in the San Jacinto Mountains has tested positive for exposure to the bacteria that can cause bubonic plague, the first discovery of its kind in Riverside County in almost a decade....

A man who arrived in Los Angeles on a flight from Japan wearing a bulletproof vest and flame retardant pants underneath his trench coat has been charged with transporting dangerous materials, federal authorities said Tuesday. As if the gear allegedly........

Authorities are not sure why a man flying into the U.S. from Asia was wearing a bulletproof vest and had body bags and weapons in his luggage....

Federal officials are still trying to determine why a man was wearing a bulletproof vest and had body bags and weapons in his luggage when he arrived on a flight at Los Angeles International Airport....

IDYLLWILD, Ca. -- For the first time in nearly a decade, a ground squirrel in the San Jacinto Mountains tested positive for exposure to fleas infected with the bacteria that can cause bubonic plague. State health officials notified the Riverside County...

It's a disease most doctors have only seen in text books, the Bubonic Plague.  But some doctors in Colorado were forced to treat it.  That's because a 7 year old girl contracted the disease.  Doctors suspect the little girl got the disease while on a...

Beer steins have long been popular. Today's stein is a beer container with a hinged lid and a handle. The lid was the result of health regulations. The bubonic plague of the 1300s, which killed more than 25 million Europeans, and an influx of flies in...

Most-visited Tourist Attractions (Source: Yahoo! Travel) So what is the most-visited tourist attraction in the world? And can 39.2 million people be wrong? Read on to see the results. No. 1 Times Square, New York City Annual Visitors: 39,200,000...

And now, for your random news of the day...Remember the Black Death that you learned about in your middle school history class? You know, the......

Dates are changing, studios are firming up release plans, figuring out what will actually be finished in time for this or that target date, in some cases. Films will be picked up at Sundance and find their way into theaters. Documentaries will find a...

BEIJING -- The Chinese government locked down a remote farming town after 3 people died and 10 more were sickened with pneumonic plague, a lung infection that can kill a human in 24 hours if left untreated. Police set up checkpoints around Ziketan, a...