Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...

Pneumonic plague is the most serious form of plague that is caused when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with ...

A resident of Northern Arizona's Coconino County succumbed to pneumonic plague, marking the first such death since 2007.

A rare respiratory illness known as pneumonic plague killed one Arizona resident. Know signs and symptoms and treatments to ...

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

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 ...

Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.

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

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

The ‘Black Death’ plague, once so deadly that it killed half of Europe, is now treatable with antibiotics.

An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health ...