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

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

Death from pneumonic plague was confirmed in a resident of Coconino County, Arizona, on July 11, 2025, according to a press release from the county’s health and human services department.

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

The CDC reports that about 7 human cases of pneumonic plague are reported each year nationwide, but this case is the first known US death since 2007.

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Dr. Frank Lovecchio shares the warning signs and symptoms of the pneumonic plague after Coconino County sees its first death from the lung infection since 2007.