HealthRussian lab worker dies of suspected plague in Siberia; US monitoring case

A worker at an anti-plague institute in Russia’s Irkutsk region has reportedly died from a suspected pneumonic plague infection, according to a US official. Russian authorities described the illness as pneumonia of unknown origin and said testing found no microorganisms linked to her work. Nearly 200 people are under medical observation.

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