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Black Death could return: Global warming releases lethal microbes from permafrost

Peter Frankopan said melting of ice due to higher global temperatures could unleash biological agents trapped for thousands of years.

23 Oct 2018 1:51 PM

Dirty humans, not rats led to spread of 'Black Death' plague in Europe

While it is assumed that rats and their fleas spread plague, there is little historical and archaeological support for such a claim.

16 Jan 2018 5:38 PM

Bleeding eye Fever kills 4, feared to be worse than Plague

Health chiefs warn spread of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever could be ‘catastrophic’.

16 Jan 2018 12:48 PM

Girl dies of new eye-bleeding fever which is feared to be worse than bubonic plague

Nine-year-old died in central Uganda with symptoms of an eye-bleeding disease which could kill up to 40 per cent of those infected by it.

15 Jan 2018 2:50 PM

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