An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a rare but highly dangerous lung infection, Coconino County health officials confirmed on Friday. This incident marks the first death from the disease in the county since 2007,

A resident of Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday.

Based on “rapid diagnostic testing,” officials with the Arizona Department of Health Services reported a presumptive case of plague caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium typically found in small mam...