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

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

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

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A resident of northern Arizona has died of pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare ...

The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly ...

The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one ...

The patient had arrived at Flagstaff Medical Center and died in the emergency room. It is the first known plague-related ...

A deadly case of pneumonic plague has claimed a life in Northern Arizona, with the victim dying at Flagstaff Medical Center ...

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, ...

An average of seven human plague cases are reported each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While Arizona's Coconino County government said the risk to the ...