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

Officials in northern Arizona say they have taken steps after a deadly case of the plague was reported. FOX 10's Steve Nielsen reports.

Arizona reports its first death from the pneumonic plague since 2007, with health officials emphasizing the disease's rarity ...

There have been nearly 500 cases of plague in the U.S. since 1970—80 percent of which were bubonic, with a man in New Mexico dying of the disease last week.

Plague symptoms in cats and dogs include fever, lethargy and loss of appetite, according to the New Mexico Department of Health. There may also be a swelling in the lymph node under the jaw.

A 15-year-old boy has died from bubonic plague in western Mongolia, according to government health officials. The teenager caught the plague after hunting and eating marmot, according to Dorj ...

The bacteria that cause the plague evolved to become less deadly over time, ... "We finally better understand what the plague is—and how we can develop measures to defend ourselves," he added.

In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Its origins appeared to be related to the trade in wild animals, but at the time no one was sure.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 496 cases of plague were documented in the U.S. between 1970 and 2020, with almost all occurring in the West or Southwest. More than half of the ...

If not treated, pneumonic plague is invariably fatal, while bubonic plague is fatal in about 30 percent to 60 percent of untreated cases, the World Health Organization says. Antibiotics can cure ...

When the bubonic plague reached San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900, ... It’s a story of private deals, public health measures, corruption, fear and even the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.