Swipe card: Plague
How they fought back against the Black Death
The Black Death, also known as the Great Plague, was a serious epidemic that ravaged Europe in the 14th century. The epidemic was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which...
Knowledge about the plague proved useful in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic
Nils Chr. Stenseth has studied the plague bacterium and the Black Death for 20 years. This proved very useful when the coronavirus caused a global pandemic. The authorities in...
The third plague pandemic is still raging
After the Black Death killed around 60 percent of Norway's population in the 14th century, we have seen nothing more of the disease here. But...
