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3,000-Year-Old Mummy With Bubonic Plague DNA Challenges Black Deaths Origins
The mummy, housed in the Egyptian Museum of Turin, Italy, is believed to be from the late Bronze Age.
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Rare Case Of Bubonic Plague In US, It Killed 50 Million In 14th Century
Officials in the US state of Oregon have said they are dealing with a rare human case of bubonic plague that was likely transmitted by a pet cat.
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675 Years Later... This Is The Solution For Black Death's Origin Mystery
A deadly pandemic with mysterious origins: it might sound like a modern headline, but scientists have spent centuries debating the source of the Black Death that devastated the medieval world.
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Actor, Stock Broker, Dabbawala On How Virus Has Changed Lives In Mumbai
When the bubonic plague arrived on ships in 1896, death and fear emptied half of Mumbai. Ensuing labor shortages devastated the city's cotton mills, the mainstay of the contemporary economy.
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COVID-19 Likely To Claim Its 1,00,000th Death In Next 24 Hours
In all likelihood the COVID-19 illness associated with the new coronavirus will claim its 100,000th death during the next 24 hours. From the report of the first fatality in early January, it took a month to record 1,000 deaths and a further month to hit 10,000. That was just three weeks ago.
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865 COVID-19 Patients Dead In US, Highest In One Day: Report
The coronavirus pandemic killed a record 865 people in the United States in the 24 hours until Tuesday evening, according to a tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
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The 10 Best Video Games of 2019
In a year without industry-shaking trends, this year’s best games list leans toward the titles with forward-thinking aesthetics, challenges to convention or a sheer ability to dazzle.
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Rats May Not Be Responsible For Spreading The Black Death Plague
Plague came to Europe in the 14th century and rapidly conquered the continent. The pandemic, one of the worst in human history, killed tens of millions. Read full report here.
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How Kalki Handles Trolls is a Lesson to All Who Are Plagued by Them
"For me, it is a great way of interacting with fans and keeping in touch with the work which I do which is not just my film work but also theatre and writing. So I enjoy social media for that," Kalki said
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Black Death Was Lurking In Europe For Centuries: Study
Black Death, the historical plague pandemic in the mid-fourteenth century, may have been hiding in Europe for more than 400 years, a new study has found.
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47 Dead as Plague Spreads to Madagascar Capital
Madagascar said Monday it was trying to contain an outbreak of plague -- similar to the Black Death that swept medieval Europe -- that has killed 47 people and is spreading to the capital Antananarivo.
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Plague Outbreak Kills 40 in Madagascar: WHO
An outbreak of plague has killed 40 people in Madagascar, the World Health Organization said, warning that the disease could spread rapidly in the country's densely populated capital Antananarivo.
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Teen's Death Exposes Entrenched Chicago Violence
A 14-year-old girl's appearance in court on a murder charge highlights the problem of gun violence plaguing Chicago.
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London rail project uncovers bodies, likely from Black Death period
Workers digging a new railway line in London have uncovered what they believe is a burial ground containing victims of the Black Death - a plague that wiped out as much as half of London's inhabitants when it swept the city in the mid-14th century.
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Plague outbreak in Himachal
A series of tests have confirmed that the disease outbreak in areas of Himachal Pradesh is plague. Plague is an infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This organism is carried by rats and other rodents and spread by the bite of a flea (Xenopsylla cheopsis) or ingestion of the faeces of fleas through contaminated food. In ...
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3,000-Year-Old Mummy With Bubonic Plague DNA Challenges Black Deaths Origins
The mummy, housed in the Egyptian Museum of Turin, Italy, is believed to be from the late Bronze Age.
-
Rare Case Of Bubonic Plague In US, It Killed 50 Million In 14th Century
Officials in the US state of Oregon have said they are dealing with a rare human case of bubonic plague that was likely transmitted by a pet cat.
-
675 Years Later... This Is The Solution For Black Death's Origin Mystery
A deadly pandemic with mysterious origins: it might sound like a modern headline, but scientists have spent centuries debating the source of the Black Death that devastated the medieval world.
-
Actor, Stock Broker, Dabbawala On How Virus Has Changed Lives In Mumbai
When the bubonic plague arrived on ships in 1896, death and fear emptied half of Mumbai. Ensuing labor shortages devastated the city's cotton mills, the mainstay of the contemporary economy.
-
COVID-19 Likely To Claim Its 1,00,000th Death In Next 24 Hours
In all likelihood the COVID-19 illness associated with the new coronavirus will claim its 100,000th death during the next 24 hours. From the report of the first fatality in early January, it took a month to record 1,000 deaths and a further month to hit 10,000. That was just three weeks ago.
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865 COVID-19 Patients Dead In US, Highest In One Day: Report
The coronavirus pandemic killed a record 865 people in the United States in the 24 hours until Tuesday evening, according to a tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
-
The 10 Best Video Games of 2019
In a year without industry-shaking trends, this year’s best games list leans toward the titles with forward-thinking aesthetics, challenges to convention or a sheer ability to dazzle.
-
Rats May Not Be Responsible For Spreading The Black Death Plague
Plague came to Europe in the 14th century and rapidly conquered the continent. The pandemic, one of the worst in human history, killed tens of millions. Read full report here.
-
How Kalki Handles Trolls is a Lesson to All Who Are Plagued by Them
"For me, it is a great way of interacting with fans and keeping in touch with the work which I do which is not just my film work but also theatre and writing. So I enjoy social media for that," Kalki said
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Black Death Was Lurking In Europe For Centuries: Study
Black Death, the historical plague pandemic in the mid-fourteenth century, may have been hiding in Europe for more than 400 years, a new study has found.
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47 Dead as Plague Spreads to Madagascar Capital
Madagascar said Monday it was trying to contain an outbreak of plague -- similar to the Black Death that swept medieval Europe -- that has killed 47 people and is spreading to the capital Antananarivo.
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Plague Outbreak Kills 40 in Madagascar: WHO
An outbreak of plague has killed 40 people in Madagascar, the World Health Organization said, warning that the disease could spread rapidly in the country's densely populated capital Antananarivo.
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Teen's Death Exposes Entrenched Chicago Violence
A 14-year-old girl's appearance in court on a murder charge highlights the problem of gun violence plaguing Chicago.
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London rail project uncovers bodies, likely from Black Death period
Workers digging a new railway line in London have uncovered what they believe is a burial ground containing victims of the Black Death - a plague that wiped out as much as half of London's inhabitants when it swept the city in the mid-14th century.
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Plague outbreak in Himachal
A series of tests have confirmed that the disease outbreak in areas of Himachal Pradesh is plague. Plague is an infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This organism is carried by rats and other rodents and spread by the bite of a flea (Xenopsylla cheopsis) or ingestion of the faeces of fleas through contaminated food. In ...
