Gerbils, Not Rats, May Have Caused Bubonic Plague, Study Finds. You will never look at your pet gerbil the same way again. By ABC News. February 24, 2015, 6:02 PM. 1:56. A pet gerbil, a popular ...

The Black Death plague thought to have killed between 30 and 60 percent of Europe's population may not have been spread by flea-infested rats, scientists say. Top News U.S. News ...

A person died from pneumonic plague in Arizona last week, the first death from the disease in this region in nearly two ...

Rats in New York City carry fleas and other parasites capable of transmitting bubonic plague and other virulent diseases, a new study reports. For the study, scientists from Columbia and Cornell ...

The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...

Between 1340 and 1400, the Black Death spread throughout Europe, killing more than 20 million people. For hundreds of years, it was thought that fleas carried by black rats spread the deadly disease.

Rats all, folks! Fleas that can carry a slew of potentially deadly diseases — including the bubonic plague, typhus and spotted fever — are living it up on the city’s robust rodent population ...

The Bubonic Plague killed millions in Europe between 1347 and 1353 . Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent. ... Rats may not have caused the Black Death, study suggests.

The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that was likely first introduced in North America around 1900 from rats on ships coming from South Asia, according to Timothy Brewer, M ...