Coconino County has confirmed its first human death from the plague in nearly two decades. Health officials say a Coconino ...

CCHHS also confirmed on Tuesday afternoon a case of hantavirus and an incident of rabies exposure in Coconino County.

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

A sudden death caused by the pneumonic plague has caused a stir. Previously known to be the cause of bubonic plague, people ...

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

F O R T   B E L K N A P,  Mont., Sept. 5 -- An outbreak of bubonic plague is turning prairie dog towns into ghost towns on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. “Right now, it’s a ...

Prairie dogs living in a colony near Broomfield’s Great Western Reservoir Open Space are the first 2017 victims of plague in Colorado.

On the grasslands a few miles from the pinnacles and spires of Badlands National Park, federal wildlife officials have been waging a war since spring to save one of the nation's largest colonies ...

Parts of a Denver-area wildlife refuge remain closed after the entire area shuttered in late July when authorities discovered prairie dogs infected with a form of the plague, officials said over ...

Officials at a Colorado wildlife refuge are cautiously moving forward with a plan to reopen parts of their facility this week in the wake of a plague outbreak amongst prairie dogs in the area. The ...

Yes, there's a vaccine for the plague, one of the most notorious diseases known to humanity. But unfortunately, this vaccine isn't for humans — it's for prairie dogs. This prairie-dog vaccine ...

Prairie dogs living in a colony near Broomfield’s Great Western Reservoir Open Space are the first 2017 victims of plague in Colorado.