Pneumonic plague, a highly contagious and often fatal lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis, recently caused a death in ...

New bacterial mRNA vaccine technology shows promise in fighting plague, and could help address the global threat of ...

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

A mummy in Egypt has yielded a shocking discovery: the DNA of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis—thousands of years before ...

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...

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

A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, US, showing ...

MONDAY, July 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but serious illness, ...

Pneumonic plague is the most serious form of plague that is caused when bacteria spread to the lungs of a patient with ...

Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.

The symptoms and causes of the most common types of plagues after a north Arizona resident died within hours of attending a medical facility.

This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...