To help with these questions about the plague, CNN spoke with wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University.

The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly respiratory disease transmitted mainly by infected fleas.

As per the hospital, the patient in Arizona failed to recover even after "appropriate initial management" and “attempts to provide life-saving resuscitation”.

An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis. The CDC warns that plague can be fatal if untreated.

Here’s what to know about the pneumonic plague, a rare illness related to the bubonic plague. What is the difference between the bubonic and pneumonic plagues?

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 U.S., most of them ...

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Northern Arizona resident dies from plague FILE - A sign warning of bubonic plague is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo., Aug. 10, 2019.

A northern Arizona resident has died from the pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday, the first such death in Coconino County in nearly 20 years.

Arizona patient dies in emergency room from plague The patient was recently treated at an emergency department in Flagstaff and died the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare said.