A patient who died at a Flagstaff, Arizona hospital last week was diagnosed with the bacteria that causes the plague, marking the first known plague-related death in Coconino County since 2007.

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

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.

A human has died of pneumonic plague in northern Arizona, Coconino County health officials said. The victim sought help at a Flagstaff hospital.

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Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...

Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino ...

An Arizona resident has died from the plague as officials were probing whether a prairie dog die-off in the area was also ...