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Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
An Arizona Resident Died From the Plague. Here’s What to Know About the Rare Disease
The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...
Plague detected in patient who died in Flagstaff, Arizona
The patient had arrived at Flagstaff Medical Center and died in the emergency room. It is the first known plague-related ...
FOX 10 Phoenix on MSN3d
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 ...
Plague claims northern Arizona resident
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
Arizona resident dies of pneumonic plague, the first deadly case in area in nearly 20 years
The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly ...
Arizona resident dies of pneumonic plague
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A resident of northern Arizona has died of pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare ...
TheHealthSite on MSN3d
What Is Pneumonic Plague? All You Need To Know About The Rare Illness That Claimed One Life In Arizona
A rare respiratory illness known as pneumonic plague killed one Arizona resident. Know signs and symptoms and treatments to ...
Arizona resident dies from the plague, marking first death from disease in two decades
A northern Arizona resident died from the pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The person arrived at the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department on Friday and died there the same day, ...