A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

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.

An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to know.

Bubonic plague is typically spread by fleas living on animals such as rats, prairie dogs and marmots. If an infected flea ...

The patient had arrived at Flagstaff Medical Center and died in the emergency room. It is the first known plague-related ...

The CDC reports that about 7 human cases of pneumonic plague are reported each year nationwide, but this case is the first known US death since 2007.

New bacterial mRNA vaccine technology shows promise in fighting plague, and could help address the global threat of ...

A deadly case of pneumonic plague has claimed a life in Northern Arizona, with the victim dying at Flagstaff Medical Center ...

Anchor Steve Nielsen & Assignment Manager John Davidson go beyond the day's stories to dig into the journalism. On today's show, we'll talk to Meteor Hunter Rob Ward, and Infectious Disease Dr. Sami ...

Syleste Rodriguez, Ty Brennan, Isabella Fredrickson and Anita Roman discuss the day's top stories, including the latest on a destructive wildfire at the Grand Canyon, a deadly case of the plague in ...