A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly ...

Fear not, for the CDC also states that "Plague is infamous for killing millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.

Pneumonic plague is a form of plague that results from Yersinia pestis infection. This article explores its causes, symptoms, and treatment in more detail.

The disease is rarely found in humans, so much so that only seven people are diagnosed with the severe lung infection annually in the United States.

A resident of Northern Arizona recently died after being infected with the pneumonic plague, the first death in the US since 2007.

Plague, one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history, caused an estimated 50 million deaths in Europe during the Middle Ages when it was known as the Black Death.

Pneumonic plague is the most deadly and easiest to spread, with a nearly 100% fatality rate untreated, said Lisa Morici, a microbiologist and immunologist at the Tulane University School of ...

Pneumonic plague is fatal when left untreated. There is no vaccine for plague in the U.S., the CDC said. People who develop symptoms of plague should immediately see a health provider.