A recent pneumonic plague death in Northern Arizona, the first since 2007, has raised concerns about this rare but deadly ...

Pneumonic plague is the most serious form of plague that is caused when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with bubonic or septicemic plague.

A resident of Northern Arizona's Coconino County succumbed to pneumonic plague, marking the first such death since 2007.

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

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

A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, US, showing ...

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

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 resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.

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

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

A resident of Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday. This was the first recorded death ...