Plague is often associated with Medieval history and the centuries-old Black Death epidemic, but a recent death in northern Arizona is a troublesome reminder of the flea-borne disease’s lingering hold ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. With China moving to control an outbreak of pneumonic plague, it’s worth ...

A person in Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, local health officials said on Friday. Pneumonic plague, which occurs when the bacterium Yersinia pestis gets into a person’s lungs, is both “the ...

A person in northern Arizona died from plague. A US citizen has died of pneumonic plague, becoming the first person to have died from the disease since 2007. The deceased has been identified as an ...

CNN -- Two people in China are being treated for plague, authorities said Tuesday. It's the second time the disease, the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human ...

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The pneumonic plague is "almost always fatal," and spreads quickly, as it did with the Black Death outbreak in the 14th century Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering ...

Pneumonic plague is often transmitted by fleas that have bitten infected rodents. The fleas can also infect pets or humans. HealthDay News — An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare ...

Two people were reportedly diagnosed with the highly infectious, potentially fatal pneumonic plague in a hospital in Beijing, Chinese authorities revealed Tuesday. The announcement comes as the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the expanded use of Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE: JNJ) antibiotic Levaquin against pneumonic plague in the event of a bioterrorist attack through its ...

FREMONT COUNTY, Wyo. (KIFI) - The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has announced the detection of a rare but serious case of pneumonic plague in a northern Fremont County resident. Plague is a ...

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