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

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.

An Arizona resident died within 24 hours of showing plague symptoms, confirmed to be caused by Yersinia pestis, following a ...

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

Symptoms depend on what type of plague someone is infected with. Bubonic plague: A key symptom is painful, swollen lymph nodes in the groin or armpits, called buboes. Other common symptoms include ...

Other symptoms of the plague include sudden high fever and chills, headaches, and pain in the abdomen, legs and arms, according to the Cleveland Clinic. How can you get the plague?

From symptoms to how humans catch it, here's what to know The bubonic plague is the most common form of the bacterial infection, which spreads naturally among rodents like prairie dogs and rats ...