Coconino County Health and Human Services recently received a report of a prairie dog die-off on private land northeast of ...

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A potential "die-off" of prairie dogs has been reported in northern Arizona, prompting public health ...

Coconino County health officials say they’re investigating a reported prairie dog die-off northeast of Flagstaff, and that ...

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.

Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino ...

Officials said a sudden die-off of prairie dogs and rodents could be an indicator of the plague, an infectious disease that ...

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

The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one ...

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

A human has died of pneumonic plague in northern Arizona, Coconino County health officials said. The victim sought help at a Flagstaff hospital.