Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bacterium Yersinia pestis, here under optical microscopy, causes three types of plague. - BSIP/Universal Images Group/Getty ...

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, the deadliest and most contagious form of plague, recently claimed a life in Northern Arizona—sending a shockwave. The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center on July 11 and ...

Plague is rare to humans, with on average about 7 cases reported annually in the U.S., according to federal health officials. Monday, July 14, 2025 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A resident of northern Arizona ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019 file photo, a sign warning of bubonic plague is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with on average about seven cases reported annually in ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

A person died from pneumonic plague in Arizona last week, the first death from the disease in this region in nearly two decades.Related video above: Neurologist talks about how to avoid summer ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with on average about seven cases reported annually in the ...