A person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in this region in 18 years. But it's a stark reminder that this historic ...

Photomicrograph of Giemsa stained lung tissue from a patient with fatal human plague, revealing pneumonia, and an abundance of Y. pestis organisms, from 1990. Credit - Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ...

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 ...

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

(NEXSTAR) — Northern Arizona recently recorded its first pneumonic plague-related death since 2007. Early last year, Oregon saw its first case of the bubonic plague since 2015. Person-to-person spread ...

Plague cases are rare, and dying from it is rarer still, experts say. But you can take steps to protect yourself. Arizona reported a fatality caused by pneumonic plague, a lung infection that can ...

A person died from pneumonic plague in Arizona last week, the first death from the disease in this region in nearly two decades.Related video above: Neurologist talks about how to avoid summer ...

A person has died of the pneumonic plague at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, according to Northern Arizona Healthcare, the organization that runs the hospital. The patient arrived at the ...

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 ...