Such diary entries may sound both complacent and inappropriate when we consider that at least 68,596 people died in the plague out of a total London population of 460,000.

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Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

Plague outbreaks in London spread four times faster in the 17th century than they did in the 14th century, researchers have estimated after studying troves of wills and death records.

Get a better sense of how illnesses have shaped history with these gripping reads about history’s most notorious diseases.

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have uncovered evidence of 214 ancient pathogens within the DNA of prehistoric humans, offering new insights into the origins and spread of infectious diseases.

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.