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(NewsNation) — Did a tropical volcanic eruption in 1345 trigger the Black Death pandemic that ended up decimating up to half of Europe’s population? That’s what researchers suggest in a new scientific ...

The Black Death has long been framed as a purely biological catastrophe, a lethal bacterium riding into crowded ports and tearing through unprepared cities. New research now argues that the pandemic’s ...

Waikato Police Superintendent Bruce Bird said the death toll may rise. “The pilot that went out there has provided a good ...

The death toll from the violent eruption of Guatemalas Fuego volcano on June 3 has risen to 121, after the identification of five cadavers recovered from the devastated zone, a forensics institute ...

The new research about the Black Death was published earlier this month Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. Getty Scientists suggest in a new study that the Black Death may ...

The Black Death — one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, estimated to have killed up to half of Europe’s population — might have been set in motion by a volcanic eruption, a new study ...