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Coconino County shares public health information on plague; investigation into prairie dog die-off finds plague was not present
CCHHS also confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a case of hantavirus and an incident of rabies exposure in Coconino County.
FOX 10 Phoenix on MSN1d
Arizona plague death: Close contacts of late patient given antibiotics
Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.
Plague detected in patient who died in Flagstaff, Arizona
The patient had arrived at Flagstaff Medical Center and died in the emergency room. It is the first known plague-related ...
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Arizona reports pneumonic plague death in Coconino County
Arizona's Coconino County, near Flagstaff, has reported a pneumonic plague death, its first since 2007. The Arizona resident, ...
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First Death from Pneumonic Plague in Arizona Since 2007 Confirmed in Coconino County
Arizona reports its first death from the pneumonic plague since 2007, with health officials emphasizing the disease's rarity ...
Health officials report first plague death since 2007
ARIZONA — Health officials have reported the first plague death since 2007, according to CBS News and the AP. Plague is ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
An Arizona Resident Died From the Plague. Here’s What to Know About the Rare Disease
The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...
Scientific American1d
Pneumonic Plague Infections in Modern Times Show the Black Death Isn’t Dead
A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...
Plague claims northern Arizona resident
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
Arizona resident dies of pneumonic plague, the first deadly case in area in nearly 20 years
The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly ...
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Health officials address concerns after first pneumonic plague death in Coconino County since 2007
The diease is mostly found in rural areas of northern Arizona, western Nevada, northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, ...
Plague kills Arizona resident, marking first recorded death since 2007, health officials say
The death in Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local ...