Plague, known as the "Black Death" in the 14th century, killed up to half of Europe's population. It is now rare in humans ...

The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said.

The patient was recently treated at an emergency department in Flagstaff and died the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare ...

A hospital said that one of their patients had a presumptive diagnosis of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria infamously known for killing millions of people centuries ago ...

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

The plague is likely to have come from rodents like prairie dogs, whose colonies are known to carry case after case of the disease ...

The death in Coconino County, which includes Flagstaff, was the first recorded death from pneumonic plague since 2007, local officials said.

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

Visitors and staff at two national parks in the U.S. West have been evacuated because of wildfires. Black Canyon of t ...

Search and rescue teams saved several hikers who needed help along the Devil's Bridge Trail as temperatures reached over 100 degrees.

When you hear the word plague, many minds jump to the Bubonic plague from the 1300s, but Will Humble of the Arizona Public Health Association says that word has a different meaning today.

John Paxton with the Coconino County Sheriff's Office provides an update on the White Sage Fire that's already burned 8,700 ...