A person in Arizona has died from the plague, local health officials reported on Friday. This marks the first such death in ...

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

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

A recent pneumonic plague death in Northern Arizona, the first since 2007, has raised concerns about this rare but deadly ...

The diease is mostly found in rural areas of northern Arizona, western Nevada, northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, ...

Pneumonic plague is the most serious form of plague that is caused when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with bubonic or septicemic plague.

Another form of the illness, pneumonic plague, occurs when the bacteria infects the lungs. In very rare cases, pneumonic plague can spread from person to person through droplets in a cough.

Sidebar: Key Issues. We currently lack a safe, effective and licensed vaccine for pneumonic plague, which is nearly always fatal and has been weaponized.

Amid concerns that the two cases could spur the spread of the plague, as it did in the 14th century with the Black Death, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that ...

The plague generally spreads to humans through infected flea bites; it additionally can gain ground through direct contact with infected animals, such as rodents, wildlife and even pets.

The history and status of plague vaccine research is discussed. Learn why pneumonic plague vaccines should strive to prime both humoral and cellular immunity.