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Avoid it like the plague: This historic disease is responsible for a recent death in Arizona | Causes and symptoms
Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.
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It’s official – U.S. records its first pneumonic plague death since 2007… and here’s what you need to know if you live near Arizona
The exact details haven’t been released yet, but local health officials have confirmed it’s the first plague death in the ...
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An Arizona resident has just died of the plague — Here's what to know about this disease
To help with these questions about the plague, CNN spoke with wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and ...
ScienceAlert2d
Plague Death in Arizona Shows Insidious Disease Never Disappeared
The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...
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NAU scientist discusses rare human case of plague in Coconino County
A Coconino County resident died of a rare case of pneumonic plague earlier this month. Dave Wagner, director of Northern ...
Scientific American4d
Pneumonic Plague Infections in Modern Times Show the Black Death Isn’t Dead
A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...
Arizona Daily Sun4d
Coconino County shares public health information on plague; investigation into prairie dog die-off finds plague was not present
CCHHS also confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a case of hantavirus and an incident of rabies exposure in Coconino County.
Plague detected in patient who died in Flagstaff, Arizona
The patient had arrived at Flagstaff Medical Center and died in the emergency room. It is the first known plague-related ...
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Human Plague Death Reported in Arizona — Here’s What You Need to Know
An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to ...
A person in the US has died from the plague. Here’s what you should know
Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...
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Pneumonic Plague Death Confirmed in Arizona
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.