A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

A person in the US has died from the plague. Here’s what you should know - The death is a reminder that this historic disease, though rare nowadays, is not just a disease of the past ...

Pneumonic plague is often transmitted by fleas that have bitten infected rodents. The fleas can also infect pets or humans.

Death from pneumonic plague was confirmed in a resident of Coconino County, Arizona, on July 11, 2025, according to a press release from the county’s health and human services department.

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Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.

Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...

A woman is dead after being hit by a car near 32nd Street and Stanford Drive, between Camelback Road and Lincoln Drive.

A northern Arizona resident died from the pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The person arrived at the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department on Friday and died there the same day, ...

Dr. Frank Lovecchio shares the warning signs and symptoms of the pneumonic plague after Coconino County sees its first death from the lung infection since 2007.

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...