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

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

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

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

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

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

According to officials, the disease can be transmitted to humans from the bite of an infected flea or through contact with an ...

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

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