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

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

The death in Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A resident of northern Arizona has died of pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare ...

The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly ...

A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with ...

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

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

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

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 ...