The developer of pandemic simulator game Plague Inc. is headed in a slightly new direction for his next game. After Inc., which was surprisingly released Friday for iOS and Android, is about ...

Laboratory tests indicate an Elmore County cat likely died from plague infection, according to Central District Health Department officials. "The cat was feral, but recently had been cared for by an ...

After a case of bubonic plague was confirmed in Oregon earlier this week, some people may wonder if there’s a danger of the disease spreading in the U.S. The Oregon resident, who was the first to ...

ALGECIRAS, Spain: Stray cats are seen at an animal welfare centre in Algeciras, 17 January 2006. On San Anton day (St Anthony), the patron saint for domestic animals when many a Spaniard gets his/her ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated when plague was first introduced to the U.S. Plague first occurred in the U.S. in 1900. A Northern Arizona patient ...

Plague is one of the deadliest diseases in human history, second only to smallpox. A bacterial infection found mainly in rodents and associated fleas, plague readily leaps to humans in close contact.