Plague kills Arizona resident, marking first recorded death since 2007, health officials say

A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, marking the first such death since 2007, according to health officials. While plague cases are rare in the U.S., primarily occurring in the western states, the disease is easily treatable with antibiotics; pneumonic plague, which infects the lungs, is the deadliest and most easily spread form of the bacterial infection.

Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: A person in northern Arizona has sadly died from a very rare sickness called pneumonic plague, which is usually easy to treat with medicine but can be dangerous.

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