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

Humans usually become infected through the bite of an infected rodent flea or by handling an infected animal. Plague can be cured with antibiotics, but these must be given promptly to prevent serious ...

A rare respiratory illness known as pneumonic plague killed one Arizona resident. Know signs and symptoms and treatments to ...

Pneumonic plague is a form of plague that results from Yersinia pestis infection. This article explores its causes, symptoms, and treatment in more detail.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. With China moving to control an outbreak of pneumonic plague, it’s ...

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

Untreated bubonic or septicemic plague can develop in the pneumonic plague, which spreads to the lungs. The bubonic type has a case-fatality ratio of 30% to 60%, according to the WHO.

The rare but deadly form of plague that has reportedly killed two victims in northwest China and caused authorities to seal off a town of 10,000 is treatable with antibiotics - but only if it's ...

Pneumonic plague can prove fatal within 24 to 72 hours and is the "most virulent form of plague," according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), while the bubonic form is less dangerous.

2 Cases of Plague Found in China, Sparking Fears of an Outbreak The pneumonic plague is "almost always fatal," and spreads quickly, as it did with the Black Death outbreak in the 14th century By ...

Two people in China are being treated for plague, authorities said Tuesday. It’s the second time the disease, the same one that caused the Black Death, one of the deadliest pandemics in human ...