Medieval Europe was the perfect breeding ground for disease — overcrowded towns, open sewers, contaminated water, and no ...

Scabies cases have been reported across the country recently, which has led to a London woman to recall her unpleasant ...

Danish archaeologists uncovered 77 medieval graves in Aarhus, revealing the harsh realities of 12th-century Christian life ...

During long, cold winters in medieval Europe, church organs grew gray, sickly-looking circles that spread over their pipes.

The skin infection has been reported in several schools in Devon, with the number of people seeking medical care doubling ...

Alexandra Shulman was diagnosed with the medieval disease after a fox entered her London home and sat on her sofa ...

Understanding the complex network of preceding events and their consequences is the only way to get a clearer picture of the ...

Volcanic eruptions could have fueled the spread of the Black Death plague across medieval Europe, according to a new study ...

A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...

In the Middle Ages, the Black Death burst onto the scene, with the first historically documented outbreak occurring in 1346 ...

Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death—the most ...