Climate change intensified temperatures across Europe this summer, leading to an additional 16,500 deaths, according to leading climate scientists and epidemiologists. In a new study, experts looked ...

After increasing for more than 25 years, lung cancer death rates are finally leveling off among women in European Union (EU) ...

It’s too early to say how much extreme heat will disrupt early summer travel in the region, but the season has kicked off with a stark reminder: It is now part of the holiday landscape in southern ...

Italy has suffered the highest toll Majority of deaths have been at temperatures that do not count as heatwaves Previous estimates have been revised slightly upwards COPENHAGEN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - ...

When the Black Death tore through Europe in 1347, it felt like the end of the world. Entire villages emptied. Bells rang without pause. In some places, more than half the people died within months.

By Stephen Beech Volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe, according to new research. Clues contained in tree rings have identified 14th Century volcanic ...

In 1347, ships reached Sicily with the Black Death. In a year, it spread across Europe to England. In 1347, ships from the Black Sea arrived in Sicily carrying an unseen killer. Rats and fleas aboard ...

Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death—the most devastating pandemic in human history—to the shores of medieval Europe, new ...