Precursor of Black Death Detected in 4,000-Year-Old Sheep Excavated in Russia: Study A prehistoric form of Black Death seems ...

The Black Death killed so many people it caused immune system genes to rapidly evolve. (Flickr: Leo Reynolds (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)) ...

The Black Death, the world’s most devastating plague outbreak, killed half of medieval Europe’s population in the space of seven years in the 14th century, shifting the course of human history.

Some celebrity deaths hit the Black community differently. Such is the case with the passing of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who ...

The Black Death’s gruesome, powerful hold on the human psyche is readily understandable. But why is it that so many people yearn for a return to the cold, miserable conditions that spawned the ...

Byron Black is scheduled to be given a lethal injection after a legal battle about whether a working defibrillator in his chest would cause him pain.

Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week, with some wondering if it was because his ...

Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator did not cause any direct complications during his execution this week, ...