# US Monitors Suspected Plague Case After Russian Worker Dies

https://mins.news/en/video/86732

- ABC News, 2026-10-05 16:15 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMHD9xjEdPw

> The U.S. is monitoring a suspected plague case after a worker at a Russian laboratory researching plague died from what is being called pneumonia of an unknown cause. The program also reports the withdrawal of U.S. heavy bombers from a British air base and the arrest of a U.S. Marine in Okinawa on suspicion of murder and robbery.

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