A Flagstaff patient died from pneumonic plague, officials confirmed. It’s the first recorded case in Coconino County in nearly two decades.

A rare respiratory illness known as pneumonic plague killed one Arizona resident. Know signs and symptoms and treatments to take in the event when you contract with the deadly plague bacterium.

A person has recently died of plague at Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC), according to Northern Arizona Healthcare.

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

At a time when US is reporting a surge in measles cases despite the disease being eliminated two decades back, the country is now grappling with plague in North Arizona. A person has died in North Arizona of plague and deaths of some prairie dogs also sparked concern among health officials.