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Pneumonic Plague Death Raises Alarm, Can Prairie Dogs Be The Cause Of It?

A sudden death caused by the pneumonic plague has caused a stir. Previously known to be the cause of bubonic plague, people are expressing their concern regarding the contagious disease and how did it come back.

Scientific American · 2d

Pneumonic Plague Infections in Modern Times Show the Black Death Isn’t Dead

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the bacteria that spurred the Black Death centuries ago continues to claim lives

Medscape · 2d

Pneumonic Plague Death Confirmed in Arizona

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.

6don MSN

Arizona patient dies of bubonic plague as health officials warn prairie dog die-off could signal outbreak

An Arizona resident has died from the plague as officials were probing whether a prairie dog die-off in the area was also ...

FOX 10 Phoenix on MSN5d

Plague in Arizona: Health officials address concerns after Flagstaff death

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

2don MSN

A person in the US has died from pneumonic plague. It’s not just a disease of history

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

3don MSN

Plague claims northern Arizona resident

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

6don MSN

Arizona Resident Dies of Plague After Being Rushed to Emergency Room

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

8don MSN

Prairie dogs dying in northern Arizona; Officials are concerned it's the plague

Coconino County Health and Human Services recently received a report of a prairie dog die-off on private land northeast of ...

9NEWS8y

Verify: Prairie dogs, the plague and you | 9news.com

Prairie dogs living in a colony near Broomfield’s Great Western Reservoir Open Space are the first 2017 victims of plague in Colorado. ... And then there’s pneumonic plague, ...

KJZZ6d

Coconino County resident dies from plague, but no link to prairie dog die-off, official says

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

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