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Plague infections and deaths are rare in humans - Coconino County reported the first recorded death from plague since 2007.
A Coconino County resident died of a rare case of pneumonic plague earlier this month. Dave Wagner, director of Northern ...
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 patient had arrived at Flagstaff Medical Center and died in the emergency room. It is the first known plague-related ...
An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to ...
Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) officials received confirmatory test results on July 11 and have confirmed ...
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.
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.
Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
A woman is dead after being hit by a car near 32nd Street and Stanford Drive, between Camelback Road and Lincoln Drive.