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 Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday. This was the first recorded death ...

The ‘Black Death’ plague, once so deadly that it killed half of Europe, is now treatable with antibiotics.

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

Cleaning up rubbish is an important plague prevention measure. Children play at a rubbish dump in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 25, 2011. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters ...

Arizona reports its first death from the pneumonic plague since 2007, with health officials emphasizing the disease's rarity ...

Plague control and prevention in Xiliin Gol League faces harsh challenges, and local authorities should make all out efforts to ensure the disease does not spread, the top official of the league said.

China's National Health Commission has been strengthening comprehensive prevention and control measures including investigations on plague foci and emergency response in the northern Inner ...

Last month, the authorities in China said they would strengthen quarantine measures to prevent plague from entering the country after Madagascar was struck by a fast-spreading outbreak of the disease.