FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague ...

A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The unidentified patient, ...

An Arizona resident has died from the “most serious” form of the plague, health officials said. The person tested positive ...

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

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

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

A patient died of bubonic plague just hours after checking into the Flagstaff Medical Center in northern Arizona.

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one person in Flagstaff dying from the disease.

A person died in Flagstaff of the rare illness related to the bubonic plague. Once called the “Black Death,” plague is now curable in all its forms if treated quickly.