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 person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly ...

A Coconino County resident died of a rare case of pneumonic plague earlier this month. Dave Wagner, director of Northern ...

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

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.

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

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...

An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to ...

A rare respiratory illness known as pneumonic plague killed one Arizona resident. Know signs and symptoms and treatments to ...

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.