Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...

Pneumonic plague is both “the least common and most dangerous type of plague,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.

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

A recent pneumonic plague death in Northern Arizona, the first since 2007, has raised concerns about this rare but deadly ...

A deadly case of pneumonic plague has claimed a life in Northern Arizona, with the victim dying at Flagstaff Medical Center ...

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

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.

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

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

An Arizona resident has died from the “most serious” form of the plague, health officials said. The person tested positive ...