The death in Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local officials said.

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

A person died in Flagstaff of the rare illness related to the bubonic plague. Once called the “Black Death,” plague is now curable in all its forms if treated quickly.

A sign warning of bubonic plague is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in Commerce ...

The daughter of a Goodyear fire captain who was rescued from a burning vehicle two months ago is now out of the hospital, beginning the road to recovery.

When you hear the word plague, many minds jump to the Bubonic plague from the 1300s, but Will Humble of the Arizona Public Health Association says that word has a different meaning today.

The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one person in Flagstaff dying from the disease.

It has since been confirmed that the patient’s death was caused by pneumonic plague, which is a severe lung infection caused ...

A northern Arizona resident has died from the pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday, the first such death in ...