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

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

Pneumonic plague, a highly contagious and often fatal lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis, recently caused a death in ...

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

Pneumonic plague is the most serious form of plague that is caused when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with ...

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.

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

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

The symptoms and causes of the most common types of plagues after a north Arizona resident died within hours of attending a ...

Arizona reports its first death from the pneumonic plague since 2007, with health officials emphasizing the disease's rarity ...