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HEALTH● ELEVATED1h ago · Oct 6, 2026, 1:31 PM

WHO: No further signs of infections at Russian plague lab

The Hill · eastern europe

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday there were no further signs of infections at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia, following one researcher at the facility reportedly dying from the pneumonic plague. “No case of this dangerous disease has been recorded in the city of Irkutsk, ​Russian Federation,” Russian authorities said in an…

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