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The death of Russian lab technician researching the plague has set off alarms abroad and at home as observers note resemblances to the conditions that some theorized preceded the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports emerged last week that a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague…
President Donald Trump says he'll speak with Vladimir Putin "very soon" as his administration tracks a suspected pneumonic plague death in Siberia.
The death of a lab worker in Russia has authorities looking at whether plague played a role. Even if it did, though, the odds of it spreading are very low.
President Trump said he would speak with Russian President Putin ‘very soon’ following the mysterious death of a lab worker at an anti-plague lab in Siberia. NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports.
The US has urged Russia to be transparent over the incident, which saw a lab worker die.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the World Health Organization pressed Moscow for greater transparency and clarity over conflicting…
Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-plague measures after a lab worker died.
Trump has said that the U.S. was willing to help Russia, where the death of a staffer at an anti-plague lab has sparked global public health concerns.
Reports of a lab worker dying in Russia after allegedly being exposed to plague have raised concerns, even as the WHO says the public health risk is low.
Marshall Billingslea warns the Irkutsk researcher's death could involve antibiotic-resistant plague engineered under the Soviet bioweapons program.
Dozens of people have been quarantined over a suspected case of the plague in Russia’s Siberia.
President Donald Trump declares that the United States is "willing to help" amid the scare regarding the death of a person who worked at an anti-plague facility in Russia.
The WHO recorded 3,847 human cases and 423 deaths from plague in 10 countries from 2019 to 2025.
A Russian lab worker at an institute focused on the plague, the notorious bacterial infection tied to medieval pandemics like the Black Death, has reportedly died, which President Trump called "a big problem for Russia." Ramy Inocencio has more on what we know.
President Trump said Monday that the United States will help Russia amid a potential case of pneumonic plague , though he hasn't spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about it. Why it matters: International concern spiked over the weekend over the news that a Russian lab…
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 - US President Donald Trump on Monday at the White House told reporters that the United States will help Russia after a laboratory worker died at a plague research institute in Siberia.
The death of a 28-year-old woman who worked in an anti-plague laboratory in Russia is raising concerns about what caused her illness.
According to local media reports, as many as 189 people have also been placed under medical observation in Irkutsk in Eastern Russia.
Fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak follow an Irkutsk lab employee's death last week. But the World Health Organization (WHO) says the risk is low.
