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An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to know.
A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...
Death from pneumonic plague was confirmed in a resident of Coconino County, Arizona, on July 11, 2025, according to a press release from the county’s health and human services department.
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) ...
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.
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
Dr. Frank Lovecchio shares the warning signs and symptoms of the pneumonic plague after Coconino County sees its first death from the lung infection since 2007.
Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.
A person in Flagstaff, Arizona, has died from the pneumonic plague, marking the first recorded death from the disease in the state’s Coconino County in nearly two decades. “Our hearts go out to the ...
The symptoms and causes of the most common types of plagues after a north Arizona resident died within hours of attending a medical facility.