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CCHHS also confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a case of hantavirus and an incident of rabies exposure in Coconino County.
Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
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 PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The ...
A human has died of pneumonic plague in northern Arizona, Coconino County health officials said. The victim sought help at a Flagstaff hospital.
Arizona reports its first death from the pneumonic plague since 2007, with health officials emphasizing the disease's rarity ...
Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.
Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino ...
The patient had arrived at Flagstaff Medical Center and died in the emergency room. It is the first known plague-related ...
Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.
Health officials in Arizona have confirmed the death of a resident from the pneumonic plague - but they've not linked the ...