In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

A person in Pueblo County, Colorado, about 100 miles south of Denver, has been infected with bubonic plague, local health ...