The disease is rarely found in humans, so much so that only seven people are diagnosed with the severe lung infection annually in the United States.

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 word "plague" is often used to refer to any major disease epidemic or pandemic, or even to other undesirable events, such ...

A resident of Northern Arizona recently died after being infected with the pneumonic plague, the first death in the US since 2007.

A person in Arizona recently died of pneumonic plague—a rare and severe form of the disease. An expert explains how the ...

An Arizona resident died of pneumonic plague, a serious lung infection that requires antibiotics. Here’s what you need to ...

Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) officials received confirmatory test results on July 11 and have confirmed ...

Just 24 hours after being admitted to hospital with symptoms of the pneumonic plague - a patient in Arizona tragically passed away from the terrifying illness, which was last seen in the UK in 1918 ...

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

A woman is dead after being hit by a car near 32nd Street and Stanford Drive, between Camelback Road and Lincoln Drive.