Pneumonic plague is both “the least common and most dangerous type of plague,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...

A recent pneumonic plague death in Northern Arizona, the first since 2007, has raised concerns about this rare but deadly ...

A deadly case of pneumonic plague has claimed a life in Northern Arizona, with the victim dying at Flagstaff Medical Center ...

The exact details haven’t been released yet, but local health officials have confirmed it’s the first plague death in the ...

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

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

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

A resident of Northern Arizona's Coconino County succumbed to pneumonic plague, marking the first such death since 2007.

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.

Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...

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