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

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.

A sign warning of bubonic plague is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in Commerce ...

When you hear the word plague, many minds jump to the Bubonic plague from the 1300s, but Will Humble of the Arizona Public Health Association says that word has a different meaning today.

Deja Foxx celebrated her April birthday in a way most 25-year-olds don’t. The extra candle meant she was now eligible to ...

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

It has since been confirmed that the patient’s death was caused by pneumonic plague, which is a severe lung infection caused ...

Health officials confirm that a Coconino County resident has died from pneumonic plague in a Flagstaff emergency room, the first such death in the county since 2007.

A northern Arizona resident has died from the pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday, the first such death in ...