Bolivian President Luis Arce announced three new heads of the South American country's armed forces following an attempted coup in which military units used armored vehicles to ram into the doors of ...

The tooth of a Bolivian mummy. (Eurac Research/Guido Valverde) Scarlet fever was probably not introduced to the Americas by ...

Researchers have identified the genetic material of scarlet fever while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull ...

A DNA analysis of pathogens from a pre-Hispanic mummy revealed that the bacterium that causes scarlet fever and strep throat ...

Researchers have identified Streptococcus pyogenes, the bacterium behind strep throat and scarlet fever, in a 700-year-old mummy from Bolivia, marking the earliest confirmed presence of the pathogen ...

The Bolivian general accused of leading a failed coup was sent Saturday to a maximum-security prison as he faces charges of terrorism and starting an armed uprising. “At some point the truth will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A protester stands amid tear gas fired in front of the presidential palace on Plaza Murillo. The Bolivian military has occupied ...