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

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

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

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

Dr. Frank Lovecchio shares the warning signs and symptoms of the pneumonic plague after Coconino County sees its first death from the lung infection since 2007.

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

Health officials have confirmed that for the first time since 2007, there has been a death from pneumonic plague (bubonic ...

Scientists who developed the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine during the Covid pandemic are developing the UK's first bubonic plague amid fears an outbreak of the disease could re-emerge.

Pneumonic plague is the most deadly and easiest to spread, with a nearly 100% fatality rate untreated, said Lisa Morici, a microbiologist and immunologist at the Tulane University School of Medicine.

Pneumonic plague infected the lungs after inhaling aerosolized bacteria and septicaemic is when the bacteria infects the blood through direct exposure or via lungs or lymphatic system.

Pneumonic plague is the most deadly and easiest to spread, with a nearly 100% fatality rate untreated, said Lisa Morici, a microbiologist and immunologist at the Tulane University School of Medicine.