Pneumonic plague is the most serious form of plague that is caused when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with bubonic or septicemic plague.

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

A person in northern Arizona died from bubonic (pneumonic) plague, marking Coconino County's first death from the disease ...

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

The ‘Black Death’ plague, once so deadly that it killed half of Europe, is now treatable with antibiotics.

A person has died from plague, also called the Black Death, less than a day after going to A&E with symptoms in the US.

“If anyone develops symptoms consistent with the plague — usually the initial symptoms are fever, chills and swollen lymph node — then seek medical attention, because at the early stages ...