Nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation earlier this week in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia over suspected exposure to plague.
President Donald Trump says he'll speak with Vladimir Putin "very soon" as his administration tracks a suspected pneumonic plague death in Siberia.
U.S. officials have asked Russia to provide more information about the lab worker’s reported death and the country’s elevated response.
President Trump said he does not think the suspected plague case in Russia is linked to a possible bioweapon and assured Russia has said the situation is "under control."
President Trump said Wednesday he does not think the suspected Russian plague cases are a bioweapon. “We don’t think so,” the president said in the Oval Office. He said Russia has said it has it “under control.” “They’re sharing it a little bit with our people,” Trump said. “I expect them to share it a…
Public-health experts say the incident should serve as a wake-up call.
President Donald Trump cast doubt on claims that Russia’s pneumonic plague is a bioweapon, although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring reports of the situation. “Well, we don’t think so. We’re going to find out soon enough, but we don’t think so,” Trump told reporters Wednesday during an Oval Office announcement. “And…
