# US monitoring reported pneumonic plague case in Russia and other top stories

https://mins.news/en/video/87203

- ABC News, 2026-10-05 23:51 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPKPQQbeKO0

> Russia’s Irkutsk region launched anti-epidemic measures after an employee of a plague institute died, while the US is monitoring a reported case of pneumonic plague there. Other top stories include an NFL referee dispute, Iran’s economic crisis, Brazil’s presidential runoff and Gatorade’s recall of more than 120,000 cases over undeclared food dyes.

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