A sudden death caused by the pneumonic plague has caused a stir. Previously known to be the cause of bubonic plague, people ...

Coconino County Health and Human Services recently received a report of a prairie dog die-off on private land northeast of ...

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

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

CCHHS also confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a case of hantavirus and an incident of rabies exposure in Coconino County.

The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one ...

A study of the genetic basis of plague immunity in prairie dogs has broad implications for conservation. From white-nose ...

Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...

Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...

Amid a prairie dog die-off near Flagstaff, one person in Northern Arizona has died from the plague after being hospitalized ...

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.

Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino ...