There was no viable treatment in the medieval period and most people with plague would be dead within seven days. Today, plague can be cured with antibiotics. The Black Death originated in central ...

The Guardian reports that a narrow shaft containing the remains of more than 100 people was discovered near Leicester ...

Bubonic plague is the most common form of the disease ... Although plague has been the cause of widespread disease outbreaks in medieval times, any outbreaks today are thankfully small.

Medieval Cambridge was home to just a few thousand people, but by 1400, that included between 400 and 700 scholars. Bubonic plague or the Black Death hit Cambridge in 1348-9, killing up to 60% of ...