# Did a Russian lab worker die from pneumonic plague? What we know — and don't know

https://mins.news/en/item/87241

- CBC News, 2026-10-06 00:50 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/russia-lab-pneumonic-plague-explained-9.7369560?cmp=rss

> An unsettling case has emerged from southeastern Russia after a 28-year-old woman died of pneumonia. There are concerns she may have been exposed to a form of plague at the laboratory where she worked, but what caused her death remains uncertain.

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