Health · 3 hours ago
US Watching Closely After Siberian Lab Worker Dies of Suspected Plague
A worker at a Russian anti-plague research institute in Siberia's Irkutsk region has died of suspected pneumonic plague, according to a US official who said Washington is monitoring the case with the CDC. Russia's consumer watchdog described the illness as pneumonia of unknown origin. Local media named the victim as 28-year-old lab technician Darya Shipilova. Nearly 200 others are reportedly being kept under medical observation.
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