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Worries grow about suspected plague outbreak in Russia

Russian authorities and Trump administration officials are monitoring a possible pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia, after a laboratory worker died of an undisclosed illness. The woman, who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died of pneumonia of unknown origin.
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Monday, October 5, 2026 at 09:12 AM EDT
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