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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

PHOENIX — A wildlife biologist at Grand Canyon National Park most likely died from the plague contracted while performing a necropsy on a mountain lion that later tested positive for the disease.

Researchers say the increase in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales infection and colonization is being driven by ...