The pneumonic plague, known more often as the black plague, claimed the life of a Northern Arizona resident, health officials said on Friday. It marks the

An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health officials confirmed on Friday. This incident marks the first death from the disease in the county since 2007,

The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.