Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

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

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

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...

An ancient, 4,000-year-old tomb has been discovered in Egypt by archaeologists and has shed light on a ruler from four millennia ago. The discovery has captured the imaginations of Egyptians, ...

An average of seven human plague cases are reported each year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While Arizona's Coconino County government said the risk to the ...