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 ...

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.

The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...

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

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

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

There are three types of plague -- bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic plague. With the pneumonic form of plague -- which means it affects the lungs -- there is a risk of direct transmission from ...

There are three types of plague – bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic plague. With the pneumonic form of plague – which means it affects the lungs – there is a risk of direct transmission from ...