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

A person in northern Arizona died from bubonic (pneumonic) plague, marking Coconino County's first death from the disease ...

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

Scientists in Tel Aviv and IIBR have developed an mRNA vaccine. It combats the deadly Yersinia pestis bacterium. This ...

The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly respiratory disease transmitted mainly by infected fleas.

A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, US, showing ...

A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of the plague, local health officials said. The individual, who was not identified, was treated at Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department and ...

The symptoms and causes of the most common types of plagues after a north Arizona resident died within hours of attending a medical facility.

Scientists have discovered how adaptations in a single gene helped the plague survive for hundreds of years. Responsible for the deadliest pandemic in history, the bacterium that causes the plague ...

The largest outbreak of pneumonic plague in the U.S. since 1924 that sickened four people in Colorado in 2014 all started with a sick pit bull, according to a report from the Centers for Disease ...

The patients' presentations of severe dyspnea and hemoptysis after common exposure during a sporting event are most indicative of pneumonic plague caused by intentional release of Yersinia pestis ...

Amid a prairie dog die-off near Flagstaff, one person in Northern Arizona has died from the plague after being hospitalized with severe symptoms.