The patient had arrived at Flagstaff Medical Center and died in the emergency room. It is the first known plague-related ...

Syleste Rodriguez, Ty Brennan, Isabella Fredrickson and Anita Roman discuss the day's top stories, including the latest on a destructive wildfire at the Grand Canyon, a deadly case of the plague in ...

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

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

The CDC reports that about 7 human cases of pneumonic plague are reported each year nationwide, but this case is the first known US death since 2007.

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.

New bacterial mRNA vaccine technology shows promise in fighting plague, and could help address the global threat of ...

Bubonic plague is typically spread by fleas living on animals such as rats, prairie dogs and marmots. If an infected flea ...