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Human Plague Death Reported in Arizona — Here’s What You Need to Know
An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to know.
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Pneumonic Plague Infections in Modern Times Show the Black Death Isn’t Dead
A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...
A person in the US has died from pneumonic plague. It’s not just a disease of history
Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.
Plague claims northern Arizona resident
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
Signs, symptoms and pervasiveness of the pneumonic 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.
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An Arizona Resident Died From the Plague. Here’s What to Know About the Rare Disease
The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...
US Resident Infected With Severe Form of Bubonic Plague Dies
Fear not, for the CDC also states that "Plague is infamous for killing millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.