Tending to plague patients paid well but was risky business. Of 18 plague doctors who worked in Venice during the Black Death of the 14th century, five died and 12 fled.

So, if you see someone wearing a plague doctor costume this Halloween and their history isn’t quite up to snuff, make sure they share their candy with you first, before gently correcting them ...

Jody Shields’s new novel, “The Winter Station,” takes place in 1910 Kharbin, a bleak Russian-controlled outpost in Manchuria. People are dying; their bodies are disappearing mysteriously ...

Although plague doctors are thought to have been around in Europe from the 14th century, the harrowing, beaked uniform originated at some point in the 17th century, with plague doctors often ...

From classics to plague books to poetry, here we list down Margaret Atwood's book recommendations for different moods. ... Doctors say only 5% of cancers are genetic, ...

WEST CHESTER, Ohio — West Chester police are trying to find a man they say committed a robbery while wearing a large "plague doctor mask." It happened on September 22 around 6:45 p.m. behind the ...

A MANHUNT is underway for a prankster who is terrorising kids in Norfolk by dressing as a 17th-century plague doctor. The strange man has been seen walking around the suburb of Hellesdon during the… ...

In late 1582, the people of Alghero, a town on the island of Sardinia, Italy, fell victim to a plague outbreak that killed more than half the population. If not for a quick-thinking doctor named ...

Russian superhero film Major Grom And The Plague Doctor is to be launched for international sales at the American Film Market (Nov 9-13) next month. The project was introduced at the Russian ...