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

The exact details haven’t been released yet, but local health officials have confirmed it’s the first plague death in the ...

A resident of northern Arizona has died of pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with on ...

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

A human has died of pneumonic plague in northern Arizona, Coconino County health officials said. The victim sought help at a Flagstaff hospital.

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

The death in Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local ...

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

Plague is often associated with Medieval history and the centuries-old Black Death epidemic, but a recent death in northern Arizona is a troublesome reminder of the flea-borne disease’s lingering hold ...

A person in rural Arizona died after falling ill with a rare case of pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed July 11.

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