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Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) officials received confirmatory test results on July 11 and have confirmed ...
The CDC reports that about 7 human cases of pneumonic plague are reported each year nationwide, but this case is the first known US death since 2007.
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.
Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
A woman is dead after being hit by a car near 32nd Street and Stanford Drive, between Camelback Road and Lincoln Drive.
Highway closures and evacuations remain in effect as a wildfire burns more than 49,000 acres in far northern Coconino County.
A northern Arizona resident died from the pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The person arrived at the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department on Friday and died there the same day, ...
Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.
The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...
The symptoms and causes of the most common types of plagues after a north Arizona resident died within hours of attending a medical facility.
Arizona reports its first death from the pneumonic plague since 2007, with health officials emphasizing the disease's rarity ...