The recent death in the United States was due to a case of pneumonic plague, which is the most severe form. Bubonic plague ...

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...

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

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

An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health ...

A plague outbreak in Madagascar has reached 40 districts in the country, with the majority of cases having the pneumonic form of the disease, which spreads person-to-person.

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 ...

The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.

Just 24 hours after being admitted to hospital with symptoms of the pneumonic plague - a patient in Arizona tragically passed ...

The death toll from a recent plague outbreak in Madagascar is rising, according to news reports. ... "If anyone has pneumonic plague, everyone else is at risk," Small said.

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 ...

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.