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

Pneumonic plague, a highly contagious and often fatal lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis, recently caused a death in ...

Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream. Septicemic plague causes bleeding into the organs. The name comes from ...

To help with these questions about the plague, CNN spoke with wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and ...

Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.

Dr. Frank Lovecchio shares the warning signs and symptoms of the pneumonic plague after Coconino County sees its first death from the lung infection since 2007.

Researchers say the increase in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales infection and colonization is being driven by ...