Plague Doctor Costume: Halloween Time!

When people think of climate change, most think of rising temperatures, drought, and an increase in storms—the type of climate change Earth is undergoing now.

Anne Roberts explores the incidence of plague in England from 1348 to 1679.

The image is a portrait of a figure wearing a black plague doctor mask with a long beak and a wide-brimmed hat. The mask has a circular eyehole and a white, textured surface. The figure is dressed in a dark cloak and the background is a textured, muted brown. The painting has a rough, brushstroke texture and evokes a sense of mystery and the historical period of the plague.

" We are the Plague ” by Ebeneeza K

Face masks have long been a fraught objects with multiple meanings, but what does our wearing of them represent today?

Here is a graphic description of the symptoms and causes of Plague, the horrific disease believed to have caused the Black Death of the 14th century.

The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany has reconstructed complete pathogen genomes from victims of the Great Plague of Marseille.