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The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...
Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...
A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.
An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to ...
The exact details haven’t been released yet, but local health officials have confirmed it’s the first plague death in 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.
Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.
The CDC reports that about 7 human cases of pneumonic plague are reported each year nationwide, but this case is the first known US death since 2007.