Most people don’t need to be concerned about the plague based on a recent death in Arizona. But take precautions if you live ...

The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one ...

The diease is mostly found in rural areas of northern Arizona, western Nevada, northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, ...

A recent pneumonic plague death in Northern Arizona, the first since 2007, has raised concerns about this rare but deadly ...

Arizona's Coconino County, near Flagstaff, has reported a pneumonic plague death, its first since 2007. The Arizona resident, ...

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, ...

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.

Another form of the illness, pneumonic plague, occurs when the bacteria infects the lungs. In very rare cases, pneumonic plague can spread from person to person through droplets in a cough.

Amid concerns that the two cases could spur the spread of the plague, as it did in the 14th century with the Black Death, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that ...

Sidebar: Key Issues. We currently lack a safe, effective and licensed vaccine for pneumonic plague, which is nearly always fatal and has been weaponized.

The plague generally spreads to humans through infected flea bites; it additionally can gain ground through direct contact with infected animals, such as rodents, wildlife and even pets.