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A resident of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, health officials confirmed on Friday, July 11, BBC ...

Public health officials in Arizona have confirmed that a human in the state has died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection caused by the same bacterium that caused the Black Death.

Plague, once known as the ‘Black Death’ that nearly wiped out half of Europe's population, is now rare in humans and treatable with antibiotics. It is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis ...

The Utah State Public Health Laboratory has confirmed that sample from Cache County have tested positive for West Nile virus. There are abatement procedures in place and advice on what residents ...

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A person in northern Arizona died from bubonic (pneumonic) plague, marking Coconino County's first death from the disease since 2007.

A resident of Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday. This was the first recorded death ...

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The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the naloxone distribution program would gut programs that train and equip communities to respond to overdoses.

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