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.

Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.

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

Democratic Coconino County Treasurer Sarah Benatar says Arizona is facing huge problems as a result of President Trump’s ...

A northern Arizona resident died from the pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The person arrived at the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department on Friday and died there the same day, ...

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

The symptoms and causes of the most common types of plagues after a north Arizona resident died within hours of attending a medical facility.

Arizona reports its first death from the pneumonic plague since 2007, with health officials emphasizing the disease's rarity ...

A northern Arizona resident has died from the pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday, the first such death in Coconino County in nearly 20 years.

Pneumonic plague is the most serious form of plague that is caused when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with ...

The diagnosis was confirmed through rapid testing after the Coconino County resident was admitted to Flagstaff Medical Center. Pneumonic plague is the only form of the plague that can be transmitted ...