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

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

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 ...

An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to ...

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 often transmitted by fleas that have bitten infected rodents. The fleas can also infect pets or humans.

A Coconino County resident died of a rare case of pneumonic plague earlier this month. Dave Wagner, director of Northern ...

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