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

The disease is rarely found in humans, so much so that only seven people are diagnosed with the severe lung infection annually in the United States.

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

Fear not, for the CDC also states that "Plague is infamous for killing millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.

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

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

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. With China moving to control an outbreak of pneumonic plague, it’s ...

The rare but deadly form of plague that has reportedly killed two victims in northwest China and caused authorities to seal off a town of 10,000 is treatable with antibiotics - but only if it's ...

Untreated bubonic or septicemic plague can develop in the pneumonic plague, which spreads to the lungs. The bubonic type has a case-fatality ratio of 30% to 60%, according to the WHO.

Pneumonic plague can prove fatal within 24 to 72 hours and is the "most virulent form of plague," according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), while the bubonic form is less dangerous.

The third case of plague popped up a few days later and was in a separate corner of the country. That individual had bubonic plague, rather than the more serious pneumonic variety, and was ...

2 Cases of Plague Found in China, Sparking Fears of an Outbreak The pneumonic plague is "almost always fatal," and spreads quickly, as it did with the Black Death outbreak in the 14th century By ...