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.

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

Just 24 hours after being admitted to hospital with symptoms of the pneumonic plague - a patient in Arizona tragically passed ...

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

A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The ...

New bacterial mRNA vaccine technology shows promise in fighting plague, and could help address the global threat of ...

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

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