Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.

Pneumonic plague is the most serious form of plague that is caused when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with ...

A person in northern Arizona died from bubonic (pneumonic) plague, marking Coconino County's first death from the disease ...

Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...

The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.

“If anyone develops symptoms consistent with the plague — usually the initial symptoms are fever, chills and swollen lymph node — then seek medical attention, because at the early stages ...