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

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

A resident of Northern Arizona recently died after being infected with the pneumonic plague, the first death in the US since 2007.

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

The disease is rarely found in humans, so much so that only seven people are diagnosed with the severe lung infection annually in the United States.