The disease is rarely found in humans, so much so that only seven people are diagnosed with the severe lung infection annually in the United States.

Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.

To help with these questions about the plague, CNN spoke with wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and ...

The word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...

PHOENIX — A wildlife biologist at Grand Canyon National Park most likely died from the plague contracted while performing a necropsy on a mountain lion that later tested positive for the disease.

A resident of Northern Arizona recently died after being infected with the pneumonic plague, the first death in the US since 2007.

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

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

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.

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

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