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

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

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

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

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 victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, US, showing ...

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

Northern Arizona Healthcare confirmed Friday a person recently died at the Flagstaff Medical Center of pneumonic plague.

Health officials in Arizona have confirmed the death of a resident from the pneumonic plague - but they've not linked the ...

An Arizona resident had succumbed to the Black Death, marking the county's first plague death since 2007.  Coconino County ...

The diagnosis was confirmed through rapid testing after the Coconino County resident was admitted to Flagstaff Medical Center. Pneumonic plague is the only form of the plague that can be transmitted ...

Learn about the bubonic plague, an infectious disease caused by Yersinia pestis bacteria. Discover its symptoms, treatment options, and the risk factors associated with this treatable illness.