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

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

It has since been confirmed that the patient’s death was caused by pneumonic plague, which is a severe lung infection caused ...

Pneumonic plague, a highly contagious and often fatal lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis, recently caused a death in ...

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

A northern Arizona resident has died from the pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday, the first such death in Coconino County in nearly 20 years.

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.

The patient was recently treated at an emergency department in Flagstaff and died the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare ...

Pneumonic plague is a form of plague that results from Yersinia pestis infection. This article explores its causes, symptoms, and treatment in more detail.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague ...