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An Arizona resident has just died of the plague — Here's what to know about this disease
To help with these questions about the plague, CNN spoke with wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and ...
ScienceAlert1d
Plague Death in Arizona Shows Insidious Disease Never Disappeared
The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...
An Arizona resident has just died of the plague. What to know about this disease
Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...
Plague makes a chilling return as patient drops dead within 24 hours
Just 24 hours after being admitted to hospital with symptoms of the pneumonic plague - a patient in Arizona tragically passed ...
A person in the US has died from the plague. Here’s what you should know
Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...
Medindia4d
Pneumonic Plague in Arizona: What to Know and How to Stay Safe
Pneumonic plague, a highly contagious and often fatal lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis, recently caused a death in ...
Scientists crack the code on new vaccine for deadly plague bacteria
New bacterial mRNA vaccine technology shows promise in fighting plague, and could help address the global threat of ...
The crisis brewing in Sydney - and it has alarming public health consequences
One of Australia's biggest cities is facing a major crisis.
Smithsonian Magazine5d
An Arizona Resident Died From the Plague. Here’s What to Know About the Rare Disease
The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...
Patient dies from the ‘Black Death’ plague less than 24 hours after symptoms first emerged
A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The ...
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Arizonan Dies Of Pneumonic Plague
The diagnosis was confirmed through rapid testing after the Coconino County resident was admitted to Flagstaff Medical Center. Pneumonic plague is the only form of the plague that can be transmitted ...