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A Week Later, Russia Hasn’t Said What Pathogen Killed Plague Researcher

10 octobre 2026 à 13:09
Experts said they believed that with modern testing technology, the Russian authorities should know the answer by now.

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The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. A 28-year-old researcher there died of an unexplained pneumonia.

Russia Says It Found No ‘Emergency’ in Plague Lab

7 octobre 2026 à 14:20
New information around the death of a lab worker, including a statement that she had been vaccinated against the plague, came as U.S. officials demanded more data.

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The entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. An employee of the institute died of a mysterious pneumonia.
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