See About archive blog posts. With China moving to control an outbreak of pneumonic plague, it’s worth noting that the disease doesn’t occur only in places for which Americans need a passport ...

A rash of pneumonic plague in China claims at least three lives. Aug. 11, 2009— -- Ten days after quarantining a town of 10,000 people after three deaths from the pneumonic plague ...

They sought treatment on Tuesday in a hospital in Beijing’s Chaoyang District, where they were diagnosed with pneumonic plague, according to the government office of the district. The Chinese ...

Local health officials confirmed the two cases of pneumonic plague on Tuesday, according to Xinhua News, China’s state-run news agency. The two patients, who authorities say received “proper ...

BEIJING — Chinese health officials have cordoned off a remote western town after three deaths caused by the rare but deadly pneumonic plague. The victims lived in Ziketan, a town of 10,000 in ...

The two people, from Inner Mongolia, were treated for pneumonic plague in Beijing's Chaoyang district, local health officials said Tuesday, according to Caixin and state-media Xinhua.

The pneumonic plague is "almost always fatal," and spreads quickly, as it did with the Black Death outbreak in the 14th century Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering ...

Y. pestis can cause three different forms of plague: bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic. Pneumonic plague infects the lungs, causing severe pneumonia. It’s the most serious form of the disease ...

In the summer of 2000, an outbreak of primary pneumonic tularemia occurred on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The only previously reported outbreak of pneumonic tularemia in the United States ...

Two people were reportedly diagnosed with the highly infectious, potentially fatal pneumonic plague in a hospital in Beijing, Chinese authorities revealed Tuesday. The announcement comes as the ...