An oral monotherapy regimen could simplify treatment for plague in rural areas where it is most common. In a randomized trial, treatment failure occurred in 9% of those who received oral ciprofloxacin ...

Plague is a high-consequence infectious disease with epidemic potential. Current treatment guidelines are based on weak evidence. We enrolled persons (excluding pregnant persons) in Madagascar who had ...

While medical treatment and sanitary improvements have lessened its impact, the bubonic plague — responsible for the Black Death in the 14th century — could still be alive in your backyard. Early in ...

Person-to-person spread of the plague hasn't been seen in the U.S. in more than a century - so what causes the occassional cases?