Survivors of Black Death Passed on Genetic Risk to Autoimmune Disease

We may have a lot more to thank (or curse) our ancestors for than we realize. When the Black Death or the bubonic…

Amber encases a flea infested with bubonic plague-type germs 20 million years ago.

Updated 30 September, 2015 - 14:42 Mark Miller Closely related ancestors of the bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be millions of…