A person in Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, local health officials said on Friday. Pneumonic plague, which occurs when the bacterium Yersinia pestis gets into a person’s lungs, is both “the ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with on average about seven cases reported annually in the ...

One resident of Arizona has recently died from pneumonic plague, which is a rare bacterial infection that affects the lungs, while receiving care at Flagstaff Medical Center, in the Grand Canyon State ...

A person died from pneumonic plague in Arizona last week, the first death from the disease in this region in nearly two decades. This death might bring to mind the bubonic plague, the form of the ...

Plague is often associated with Medieval history and the centuries-old Black Death epidemic, but a recent death in northern Arizona is a troublesome reminder of the flea-borne disease’s lingering hold ...

A US citizen has died of pneumonic plague, becoming the first person to have died from the disease since 2007. The deceased has been identified as an Arizona resident, with the Coconino County Health ...