CCHHS also confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a case of hantavirus and an incident of rabies exposure in Coconino County.

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.

Septicemic plague occurs if bubonic plague is left untreated, or it can occur directly if the disease enters the bloodstream.

Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...

Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...

Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino ...

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

They, along with the prairie dogs, may be at the greatest risk from plague. The Conata Basin has the largest black-footed ferret population in the world, Travis Livieri told KELO in April.

Parts of a wildlife refuge near Denver, Colorado remains closed after a colony of prairie dogs was infected with plague, a serious bacterial infection that can spread to humans, the U.S. Fish and ...

Parts of a Colorado wildlife refuge remained closed Sunday after plague-infected prairie dogs were discovered there in late July. Wildlife and nature areas near Denver have also been shut down as ...

The Plague Has Killed Prairie Dogs in Commerce City. Is More Wildlife at Risk? Humans are probably safe, but in general the plague is a risk to wildlife throughout the west, and a pretty big one at ...