The pneumonic plague, known more often as the black plague, claimed the life of a Northern Arizona resident, health officials said on Friday. It marks the

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

Arizona: A resident of north Arizona died from pneumonic plague, marking the first death in the region in 18 years. The last death was reported in 2007, when an individual had contact with a dead animal infected with the disease,