Pneumonic plague, a highly contagious and often fatal lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis, recently caused a death in ...

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

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

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

The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.

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

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

A northern Arizona resident died from the pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The person arrived at the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department on Friday and died there the same day, ...

A person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in ...

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

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