Pneumonic plague is both “the least common and most dangerous type of plague,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.

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

A recent pneumonic plague death in Northern Arizona, the first since 2007, has raised concerns about this rare but deadly ...

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

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

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.

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

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

Just 24 hours after being admitted to hospital with symptoms of the pneumonic plague - a patient in Arizona tragically passed ...

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

There are three types of plague -- bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic plague. With the pneumonic form of plague -- which means it affects the lungs -- there is a risk of direct transmission from ...

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