The disease is rarely found in humans, so much so that only seven people are diagnosed with the severe lung infection annually in the United States.

To help with these questions about the plague, CNN spoke with wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and ...

A person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in ...

A resident of Northern Arizona recently died after being infected with the pneumonic plague, the first death in the US since 2007.

An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to ...

Plague is often associated with Medieval history and the centuries-old Black Death epidemic, but a recent death in northern Arizona is a troublesome reminder of the flea-borne disease’s lingering hold ...

Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) officials received confirmatory test results on July 11 and have confirmed ...

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

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

Highway closures and evacuations remain in effect as a wildfire burns more than 49,000 acres in far northern Coconino County.

A northern Arizona resident died from the pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The person arrived at the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department on Friday and died there the same day, ...