Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of time ...

Alterations to a single gene in the plague bacterium's genome have shed light on a method the germ has used to survive and ...

A small genetic change makes the bacterium that caused the plague less fatal but possibly more transmissible, allowing for ...

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The government in India's north-eastern state of Mizoram has decided to increase wages and food grain supplies to villagers hit by a plague of rats. The state's heavy flowering bamboo crops attract ...

The loss is the sixth in a row for the Lookouts. Third baseman Sal Stewart had four of the Lookouts seven hits on the night, all singles as Chattanooga continued to lack extra base hits.

Qatar and Jordan make moves, Palestinian cinema and Gaza are drawing attention, Egypt returns to the Un Certain Regard ...

Veterans are planning a massive rally in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere June 6 to protest cuts at the Department of Veterans Affairs and call for the protection of veterans' benefits and jobs ...

Qatar and Egypt commented on Sunday on the announcement by the Hamas terrorist organization that it has agreed to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, describing his release as a ...

DAVAO CITY – A contingent of the Philippine Army from Northern Luzon arrived at the Tactical Operations Group-12 in Maguindanao del Norte on Friday, May 9, to augment security within the area of ...

In the home half of the sixth, the Texas offense broke through. Rylan Galvan and Jalin Flores popped back-to-back home runs to center and left-center field, respectively, to tie the game at two runs ...