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Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino ...
Health officials in northern Arizona confirmed Friday that a Coconino County resident died from the pneumonic plague, marking ...
Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...
Amid a prairie dog die-off near Flagstaff, one person in Northern Arizona has died from the plague after being hospitalized ...
The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one ...
Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.
Death from pneumonic plague was confirmed in a resident of Coconino County, Arizona, on July 11, 2025, according to a press release from the county’s health and human services department.
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
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