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

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

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A sudden death caused by the pneumonic plague has caused a stir. Previously known to be the cause of bubonic plague, people ...

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

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

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

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.

A resident of Northern Arizona's Coconino County succumbed to pneumonic plague, marking the first such death since 2007.

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

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