Pneumonic Plague in the News
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Trump said he will speak with Putin "very soon" about the plague incident in Russia, as the CDC monitors the situation.
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Rubio said "maybe there’s nothing there, maybe it’s bigger than we thought, we don’t know", warning that the US was operating with limited information.
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Trump said he has a call scheduled with Putin to discuss a possible case of plague at the Siberian research institute.
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What do we know about plague institute lab worker’s death in Russia? ↗ (opens in a new tab)
A laboratory worker at a Siberian plague research institute fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances on Oct. 2, prompting authorities to quarantine about 200 people.
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Trump said he plans to speak with Putin about the possible plague case and that the US is willing to help Russia.
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The Trump administration is struggling to get clear answers about the Russian laboratory worker’s death, amid days of stonewalling by Russian officials.
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WHO said a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a "very low" risk outside the country, as investigators look into what caused the lab employee’s death.
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Trump said he has a call scheduled with Putin to discuss the possible plague case at the Siberian research institute, and said the US is in "very deep discussions" about it.
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Infectious disease experts said the global risk appears low but that they want more data, with uncertainty still surrounding the death at the Russian anti-plague institute.
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WHO says Russia told it ‘no cases of plague’ but isn’t identifying pathogen ↗ (opens in a new tab)
WHO said Russia told it there were no cases of plague, and said it has requested additional information on which pneumonia-causing pathogen led to the woman’s death.
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Checklists, masks and mystery: What we know about the plague scare in Russia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Russian authorities have sought to allay global worries over the death of the young woman who worked at the Siberian anti-plague laboratory.
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Russian officials say no cases of plague in city where lab technician died ↗ (opens in a new tab)
WHO said Russian authorities told it that no cases of plague had been detected among anyone who came into contact with the Siberian plague institute worker.
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What is pneumonic plague and how does it spread? ↗ (opens in a new tab)
A background explainer on pneumonic plague, written after the death of a worker at a Russian plague research lab prompted questions about the disease.
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Rubio urges Russia to share more information on plague lab worker’s death ↗ (opens in a new tab)
WHO said Russian authorities had identified all of the people who had been in contact with the laboratory worker, as Rubio pressed Russia to release more information.
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Possible pneumonic plague case: What to know and how experts are responding ↗ (opens in a new tab)
The Public Health Agency of Canada said no risk to Canada has been identified and that it was closely monitoring the situation, in a roundup of expert reaction.
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A background piece on the laboratory worker who fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances on October 2, after which authorities quarantined about 200 people.
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Russia says no plague found in contacts of Siberian lab worker who died ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Russia said no plague was found among the dead worker’s contacts, after news of her death from a “pneumonia of undetermined” origin spread fears worldwide.
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Russian lab worker’s suspected plague death leaves experts puzzled ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Russian authorities say the situation is stable and there are no reports of secondary cases, while outside experts remain unsure what killed the worker.
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WHO said the possible pneumonic plague case in Russia poses a "very low" risk outside the country, and said it is monitoring the case without having been asked to send experts.
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Rubio tells Russia to share more information about plague death ↗ (opens in a new tab)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Russia should share more information about the death of the plague laboratory worker, in an incident Washington was watching "very closely".
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No plague cases detected in Siberia, Russia says, and locals play down scare ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Russia’s health watchdog said no cases of plague had been detected among anyone who had come into contact with the dead lab worker, and residents said their lives had barely been disrupted.
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Russia tells WHO there are no plague cases in Siberian city ↗ (opens in a new tab)
A WHO spokesperson said Russian authorities told the agency there are no cases of plague in Irkutsk, where a plague research institute worker died the previous week.
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A plague alert in Russia? What it means for Canada ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Canada’s health minister said Ottawa is closely watching after a young lab worker at a Russian institute died of a pneumonia that officials say has not been traced to a specific cause.
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An explainer on the death of the 28-year-old woman and the fear that she was exposed to plague at the lab where she worked, setting out what is established and what is not.
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Reports the death and Trump’s offer of help, noting that early Russian reports said Shipilova contracted pneumonia after breaking a vial of plague bacteria.
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Trump says US will help Russia after Siberia plague institute death ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Trump told reporters at the White House that the United States will help Russia after a laboratory worker died at a plague research institute in Siberia.
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US ‘watching closely’ after plague researcher dies in Russia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Trump said the US was looking "very strongly" at the case of the lab technician who died at a research centre in Siberia.
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An explainer noting that key details remain unknown, including whether the woman who worked at the Siberian lab was infected with plague at all.
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What is pneumonic plague and how dangerous is it? ↗ (opens in a new tab)
An explainer on pneumonic plague noting that WHO said it was in contact with Russian health authorities to verify what happened.
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What is pneumonic plague and how dangerous is it? ↗ (opens in a new tab)
An explainer on pneumonic plague, published after a 28-year-old researcher at a Russian plague institute died of pneumonia of “unknown” origin.
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Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a worker at a Russian institute that studies plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness.
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Siberian plague institute worker said to die of unknown cause after illness ↗ (opens in a new tab)
AP wire copy reporting the hospital quarantine and the monitoring of the woman’s contacts, with testing finding no evidence of microorganisms linked to her work.
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A Canadian minister said there is no risk for Canada after the Russian lab worker’s death, while Russian authorities said all known contacts had been identified, examined and placed under medical supervision.
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Russian authorities said a staffer at the Irkutsk plague institute contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause and found no evidence it came from a pathogen she worked with, while local state TV reported she had died.
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Dozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker dies ↗ (opens in a new tab)
A worker at a Siberian plague research institute fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people in the Irkutsk region.
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A roundup of the suspected case, reporting that as many as 189 people had been placed under medical observation in Irkutsk according to local media.
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Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as 200 enter medical observation ↗ (opens in a new tab)
A regional governor said the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute staffer died of a “pneumonia of undetermined” origin, as about 200 people entered medical observation.
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Nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region over suspected plague exposure, according to local media reports.
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Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a worker at a Russian institute that studies plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness.
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WHO reports latest global trends in cholera, meningitis and plague ↗ (opens in a new tab)
A routine WHO surveillance update on global cholera, meningitis and plague trends, published before the Irkutsk death was reported and making no reference to Russia or the institute.