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

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

Anchor & Assignment Manager John Davidson speak to an Infectious Disease Doctor about the Plague following the death of an Arizona resident to learn more about what we need to know regarding the ...

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

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

A patient in rural northern Arizona was diagnosed with plague—a bacterial disease caused by Yersinia pestis—after ...

Arizona reports its first death from the pneumonic plague since 2007, with health officials emphasizing the disease's rarity ...

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

Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.

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.

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

Septicemic plague occurs when plague-causing bacteria directly cause infection in the blood or as a complication of other types of plague. Learn more here.