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 ...

Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.

What to know about the plague, its symptoms and treatment options, after Colorado reports a rare human case.

Story at a glance Health officials have confirmed a human plague case in Pueblo County, Colorado. Plague symptoms include sudden fever and chills, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea and vomiting… ...

Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got the disease from a sick pet cat. The cat was also treated but did not survive.

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.

Plague symptoms can manifest in a few ways. Bubonic plague — the kind contracted by the Oregon resident — happens when the plague bacteria gets into the lymph nodes.

What is the bubonic 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 ...