CCHHS also confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a case of hantavirus and an incident of rabies exposure in Coconino County.

Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...

Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...

Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino ...

Death from pneumonic plague was confirmed in a resident of Coconino County, Arizona, on July 11, 2025, according to a press release from the county’s health and human services department.

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

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

A human has died of pneumonic plague in northern Arizona, Coconino County health officials said. The victim sought help at a Flagstaff hospital.

A Coconino County resident died of pneumonic plague at Flagstaff Medical Center, the first such death since 2007. Caused by ...

Officials clarified that the death is unrelated to a recent prairie dog die-off in the Townsend-Winona area northeast of Flagstaff.

An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health ...