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Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

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The ‘Black Death’ plague, once so deadly that it killed half of Europe, is now treatable with antibiotics.

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

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

A human has died of pneumonic plague in northern Arizona, Coconino County health officials said. The victim sought help at a Flagstaff hospital.