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U.S. officials and the World Health Organization are monitoring a suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia following the death of a laboratory worker who worked at an anti-plague research facility in Siberia. President Donald Trump stated that the United States is willing to help Russia contain any possible outbreak. Reports note that individuals who had contact with the worker were placed under medical observation.
Reports across the spectrum agree that U.S. and international officials are monitoring a suspected plague case and a related laboratory worker death in Russia, with President Trump offering assistance.
Left-leaning outlets like Vox focus on the historical context and potential dangers of the plague, while right-leaning outlets like the Washington Examiner and Daily Mail emphasize statements from President Trump and Marco Rubio regarding potential U.S. assistance and the risk of the disease spreading.
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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, in her late 20s, reportedly worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East and died of pneumonia of unknown origin, according to…
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Reports out of the Irkutsk region of Russia reveal a potential public health crisis developing in the area, after a lab accident released a “particularly dangerous infection” to a researcher, who later passed away. Twenty-eight-year-old Darya Shipilovia, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, died two days after she was hospitalized,…
The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and a related quarantines in Russia, a Trump administration official told Axios on Sunday.Driving the news: Russian health authorities have taken precautionary measures in response to the death of a woman who worked at an anti-plague research factility, but have not confirmed that she…
A woman’s death last week near a Russian facility studying the plague immediately put the world on alert. This is the plague, after all, responsible for the deaths of some half of the humans in Europe during the worst outbreak in the 1300s. And it happened in Russia, a country with a long history of…
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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, in her late 20s, reportedly worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East and died of pneumonia of unknown origin, according to…
Reports also said that about 200 people who had contact with her were placed under medical observation as a precaution.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has scheduled a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin “very soon” to discuss the suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Siberia. Trump previously said the United States is “willing to help” Russia contain any possible outbreak of the plague, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has emphasized there is…
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.
President Donald Trump declares that the United States would be "willing to help" amid the scare regarding the death of a person who worked at an anti-plague facility in Russia.
Fears around an outbreak have spread after Russian scientist Darya Shipilova, 28, died days after reportedly dropping a vial of live plague bacterium.
A Russian anti-plague research institute is under the spotlight after a laboratory worker died in a potential case of pneumonic plague. U.S. officials are closely monitoring the situation after the worker, who was employed at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died last week from pneumonia of undetermined origin. Secretary of ...
A spokesperson for the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) reportedly stated on Tuesday that the global agency had reached out to authorities in Russia for more information on a suspected case of deadly pneumatic plague tied to biological laboratory research in Siberia, but is still awaiting a formal response.
