(NewsNation) — A resident in northern Arizona has died from the pneumonic plague, the first person to be killed by the infection in the area since 2007. The unidentified patient went to the Flagstaff ...

The patient was recently treated at an emergency department in Flagstaff and died the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare ...

A hospital said that one of their patients had a presumptive diagnosis of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria infamously known for killing millions of people centuries ago ...

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

The plague is likely to have come from rodents like prairie dogs, whose colonies are known to carry case after case of the disease ...

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

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

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

The person was recently treated in a Flagstaff emergency room and died the same day. It has since been confirmed that the death was caused by pneumonia plague. Micaela Marshall has the latest.