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Coconino County shares public health information on plague; investigation into prairie dog die-off finds plague was not present
CCHHS also confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a case of hantavirus and an incident of rabies exposure in Coconino County.
Plague detected in patient who died in Flagstaff, Arizona
The patient had arrived at Flagstaff Medical Center and died in the emergency room. It is the first known plague-related ...
FOX 10 Phoenix on MSN1d
Arizona plague death: Close contacts of late patient given antibiotics
Officials in northern Arizona are detailing the steps that were taken after a person died from the Plague earlier in July.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
An Arizona Resident Died From the Plague. Here’s What to Know About the Rare Disease
The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...
Plague claims northern Arizona resident
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
Arizona resident dies of pneumonic plague, the first deadly case in area in nearly 20 years
The first pneumonic plague death in Arizona's Coconino County in almost two decades highlights the rare but deadly ...
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Health officials address concerns after first pneumonic plague death in Coconino County since 2007
The diease is mostly found in rural areas of northern Arizona, western Nevada, northern New Mexico, southern Colorado, ...
Patient dies from the ‘Black Death’ plague less than 24 hours after symptoms first emerged
A PERSON has died from plague just 24-hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officals have said. The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, US, showing ...