The Arizona Public Health Association is advising the public that there is no need to worry about the plague, despite one person in Flagstaff dying from the disease.

FLAGSTAFF — Coconino County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) officials received confirmatory test results July 11, 2025, and have confirmed that a Coconino County resident has died from pneumonic plague,

A Flagstaff patient died from pneumonic plague, officials confirmed. It’s the first recorded case in Coconino County in nearly two decades.