An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health ...

The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one ...

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

When you hear the word plague, many minds jump to the Bubonic plague from the 1300s, but Will Humble of the Arizona Public Health Association says that word has a different meaning today.