Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...

Florida leads the nation in cases of Vibrio vulnificus — a rare but deadly flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm, ...

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

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

According to a spokesperson for the City of Sydney, the greatest health and safety risks posed by rats are disease ...

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

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

ARIZONA — Health officials have reported the first plague death since 2007, according to CBS News and the AP. Plague is ...

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

A person died in Arizona after testing positive for a bacteria that causes the plague. The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague.

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

The pneumonic plague, known more often as the black plague, claimed the life of a Northern Arizona resident, health officials ...