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

Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...

A MAN started growing boils up his arm just hours after catching the bubonic plague from his pet cat. The 73-year-old from Oregon, US, had accidentally cut his finger with a kitchen knife in ...

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

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

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream. Septicemic plague causes bleeding into the organs. The name comes from ...

An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to ...

Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.

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

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.

The symptoms and causes of the most common types of plagues after a north Arizona resident died within hours of attending a ...