The black plague is still killing people in 2025 While you may assume the horror of the ‘black death’ is confined to history books, a man’s sudden death from the plague has changed everything.

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.

The black plague is still killing people in 2025 While you may assume the horror of the ‘black death’ is confined to history books, a man’s sudden death from the plague has changed everything.

The death in Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local officials said.