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

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

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

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

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

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Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.

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

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