The recent death in the United States was due to a case of pneumonic plague, which is the most severe form. Bubonic plague ...

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

An Arizona resident has died from the plague as officials were probing whether a prairie dog die-off in the area was also ...

Coconino County Health and Human Services recently received a report of a prairie dog die-off on private land northeast of ...

Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...

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

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

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

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.

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

Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino ...

A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with ...