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A resident of Northern Arizona's Coconino County succumbed to pneumonic plague, marking the first such death since 2007.
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An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health ...
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The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.
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.
A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The ...