The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.

The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...

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

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

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

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Just 24 hours after being admitted to hospital with symptoms of the pneumonic plague - a patient in Arizona tragically passed away from the terrifying illness, which was last seen in the UK in 1918 ...

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Health officials in Arizona have confirmed the death of a resident from the pneumonic plague - but they've not linked the ...

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...

Northern Arizona Healthcare confirmed Friday a person recently died at the Flagstaff Medical Center of pneumonic plague.

The diagnosis was confirmed through rapid testing after the Coconino County resident was admitted to Flagstaff Medical Center. Pneumonic plague is the only form of the plague that can be transmitted ...