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

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

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

Arizona reports its first death from the pneumonic plague since 2007, with health officials emphasizing the disease's rarity ...

A sudden death caused by the pneumonic plague has caused a stir. Previously known to be the cause of bubonic plague, people ...

Coconino County health officials say they’re investigating a reported prairie dog die-off northeast of Flagstaff, and that ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday. Plague is rare to humans, with on average about seven cases reported annually in the ...

A human has died of pneumonic plague in northern Arizona, Coconino County health officials confirmed July 11. The case is not connected to a recent die-off of prairie dogs in the area, officials said.

Symptoms of plague in humans include fever, chills, and swollen lymph nodes. Prairie dogs are dying in northern Arizona, and officials are concerned the cause could be the plague.