Pneumonic plague is both “the least common and most dangerous type of plague,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.

Health officials in northern Arizona confirmed Friday that a Coconino County resident died from the pneumonic plague, marking ...

Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...

A resident of Northern Arizona's Coconino County succumbed to pneumonic plague, marking the first such death since 2007.

A recent pneumonic plague death in Northern Arizona, the first since 2007, has raised concerns about this rare but deadly ...

Pneumonic plague, a highly contagious and often fatal lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis, recently caused a death in ...

An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health ...

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

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

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.

Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...