Researchers from the U.K. and Madagascar, in collaboration with Madagascar's health services and national plague program, ...

Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, plague's most common form is bubonic plague, which features swollen, painful lymph ...

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

When was plague first reported in the U.S.? Plague was first reported in the U.S. in 1996. At the time, two out of five infected patients died, with neither being formally diagnosed until after ...

Health officials also note that plague is rare in humans, with an average of seven cases in the U.S. each year. There is even less chance of human-to-human transmission, with the last reported ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A patient who died at a Flagstaff hospital was diagnosed with the bacteria that causes the plague, marking the first known plague-related death in Coconino County since 2007 ...

This is the first recorded death from pneumonic plague in Coconino County since 2007. Health officials also note that plague is rare in humans, with an average of seven cases in the U.S. each year.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A patient who died at a Flagstaff hospital was diagnosed with the bacteria that causes the plague, marking the first known plague-related death in Coconino County since 2007 ...