A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The unidentified patient, from Coconino County, showed up to the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency ...

Photomicrograph of Giemsa stained lung tissue from a patient with fatal human plague, revealing pneumonia, and an abundance of Y. pestis organisms, from 1990. Credit - Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ...

Pneumonic plague occurs when plague bacteria enter the lungs. It is the only form of plague that can spread between people. Symptoms may include headache, fever, and rapidly developing pneumonia.

Plague is often associated with Medieval history and the centuries-old Black Death epidemic, but a recent death in northern Arizona is a troublesome reminder of the flea-borne disease’s lingering hold ...

A person in northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, local health officials informed on Friday, July 11. The patient, who is yet to be identified, hailed from Coconino County and was taken to ...

A person in northern Arizona died from plague. A US citizen has died of pneumonic plague, becoming the first person to have died from the disease since 2007. The deceased has been identified as an ...

Pneumonic plague is often transmitted by fleas that have bitten infected rodents. The fleas can also infect pets or humans. HealthDay News — An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare ...

The pneumonic plague killed a US resident on Friday, marking the first fatality from the infection since 2007. The US officials said that the death of the Arizona resident was the first known incident ...

A person has died of the pneumonic plague at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, according to Northern Arizona Healthcare, the organization that runs the hospital. The patient arrived at the ...