The Hill
A Russian scientist reportedly broke a test tube of pneumonic plague pathogens, died, and now 200 people are being monitored - because the news cycle refuses to be boring.
ScienceDaily
New research finds plague was killing entire hunter-gatherer families 5,500 years ago, long before rats and medieval cities got the blame.
ScienceDaily
DNA from a tomb near Paris shows the original population was replaced by newcomers from the south around 3000 BC, likely due to a cheerful mix of plague, environmental stress, and societal collapse.
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