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

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but serious illness, ...

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

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

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.

A sudden death caused by the pneumonic plague has caused a stir. Previously known to be the cause of bubonic plague, people ...

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

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is ...

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

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...

A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The ...