A rare respiratory illness known as pneumonic plague killed one Arizona resident. Know signs and symptoms and treatments to take in the event when you contract with the deadly plague bacterium. TheHealthSite.

A person in northern Arizona died from bubonic (pneumonic) plague, marking Coconino County's first death from the disease since 2007.

An Arizona resident has died from the plague as officials were probing whether a prairie dog die-off in the area was also tied to the lethal illness.