Coconino County Health and Human Services recently received a report of a prairie dog die-off on private land northeast of ...

A study of the genetic basis of plague immunity in prairie dogs has broad implications for conservation. From white-nose ...

An Arizona resident has died from the plague as officials were probing whether a prairie dog die-off in the area was also tied to the lethal illness.

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

Symptoms of plague in humans include fever, chills, and swollen lymph nodes. Prairie dogs are dying in northern Arizona, and officials are concerned the cause could be the plague.

Officials confirmed one person died of pneumonic plague just days after a prairie dog die-off believed to be related to ...

Coconino County health officials say they’re investigating a reported prairie dog die-off northeast of Flagstaff, and that ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A potential "die-off" of prairie dogs has been reported in northern Arizona, prompting public health officials to warn locals of possible exposure to plague.

A human has died of pneumonic plague in northern Arizona, Coconino County health officials said. The victim sought help at a Flagstaff hospital.

A patient who died at a Flagstaff, Arizona hospital last week was diagnosed with the bacteria that causes the plague, marking the first known plague-related death in Coconino County since 2007.