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 ...

Yavapai County Community Health Services said Friday that a county resident is thought to have contracted the infection.

Arizona reported a fatality caused by pneumonic plague, a lung infection that can quickly lead to death if untreated. Human cases of plague, which is spread by fleas and infected mammals, are rare in ...

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 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a case study on Thursday that documents a dog in Colorado infecting humans with pneumonic plague in the United States. In June of 2014, a ...

HealthDay News — An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but serious illness, health officials confirmed. The death happened in Coconino County in Northern Arizona, which includes ...

Doctors and veterinarians in the southwestern United States should keep an eye out for cases of plague, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the summer ...

(CNN) — A person died from pneumonic plague in Arizona last week, the first death from the disease in this region in nearly two decades. This death might bring to mind the bubonic plague, the form of ...

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 ...