An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, becoming the first person to succumb to the disease in the area in nearly 20 years, according to officials. The victim, who was not identified, lived in ...

Pneumonic plague occurs when plague bacteria enter the lungs. It is the only form of plague that can spread between people. Symptoms may include headache, fever, and rapidly developing pneumonia.

Plague is often associated with Medieval history and the centuries-old Black Death epidemic, but a recent death in northern Arizona is a troublesome reminder of the flea-borne disease’s lingering hold ...

A person in Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, local health officials said on Friday. Pneumonic plague, which occurs when the bacterium Yersinia pestis gets into a person’s lungs, is both “the ...

A person in northern Arizona died from plague. A US citizen has died of pneumonic plague, becoming the first person to have died from the disease since 2007. The deceased has been identified as an ...

A recent pneumonic plague death in Northern Arizona, the first since 2007, has raised concerns about this rare but deadly disease. Caused by Yersinia pestis, it affects the lungs and spreads through ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated when plague was first introduced to the U.S. Plague first occurred in the U.S. in 1900. A Northern Arizona patient ...

The pneumonic plague killed a US resident on Friday, marking the first fatality from the infection since 2007. The US officials said that the death of the Arizona resident was the first known incident ...

Two people were reportedly diagnosed with the highly infectious, potentially fatal pneumonic plague in a hospital in Beijing, Chinese authorities revealed Tuesday. The announcement comes as the ...

The pneumonic plague is "almost always fatal," and spreads quickly, as it did with the Black Death outbreak in the 14th century Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering ...