Last month, Lancaster Theological Seminary professor Anne Thayer read a World Health Organization report that stated up to 3,000 cases of bubonic plague had been recorded recently in parts of Africa.

Plague, and the infamous Black Death, spread quickly for centuries, killing millions. Plague still occurs but can be treated ...

There are ways to dress protectively during a pandemic, and there are ways that scream, “too soon.” A mysterious black-swathed figure dressed in full 17th-century plague doctor garb falls into that ...

Hattiesburg's Pocket Museum is hosting a new exhibit called, "A Pocket Full of Posey: Plague Doctors and Peculiar Cures." ...