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

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

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

An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A resident of northern Arizona has died of pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare ...

Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...

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

Key Takeaways Pneumonic plague is the rarest and deadliest form of plagueA person in northern Arizona has died from the infection, health officials saidPlague is spread by infected fleas or contact ...

A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with ...

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 rare respiratory illness known as pneumonic plague killed one Arizona resident. Know signs and symptoms and treatments to ...

A person has died of the pneumonic plague at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, according to Northern Arizona ...