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HEALTHOct 6US CDC says it’s ‘aware of and closely monitoring’ Russian plague caseThe top US public health agency's remarks come as the Trump administration said it’s 'closely' watching the incident.Al Jazeera [en]
HEALTHOct 6Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after lab worker deathRussia denies plague cases after laboratory technician's death; US demands 'transparency' as WHO monitors situation.Al Jazeera [en]
HEALTHOct 6What to know about plague amid reports of worker death at Russian labReports 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.CBS News
HEALTHOct 6What do we know about death of anti-plague researcher in Siberia and is there a wider risk?Russia tells World Health Organisation there are no plague cases in Siberian cityIrish Times World
HEALTHOct 6A 28-year-old plague researcher died in Russia. Authorities have imposed a quarantine but deny any threat of plague, and locals are struggling to make sense of it.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 6Russia denies anti-plague measures after pneumonia deathThe death of an employee at an anti-plague institute in Irkutsk is still being looked into, the authorities said. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for Russia to be transparent about its findings.DW News [en]
HEALTHOct 6The big unknowns limiting how US will respond to possible Russian plague outbreakThe Independent World
HEALTHOct 6Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after death of workerRussian authorities denied Tuesday that they were imposing anti-plague measures after a laboratory technician reportedly died of the disease, as Washington called on Moscow to be "transparent" about the situation. The post Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after death of worker appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
HEALTHOct 6What is pneumonic plague and how does it spread?The death of a worker from a Russian lab that researches plague has prompted questions about the disease.BBC World
HEALTHOct 6Russian lab worker's suspected plague death leaves experts puzzledCNBC
HEALTHOct 6US Calls for Transparency on Reported Russian Plague DeathNBC News
HEALTHOct 6Rubio calls on Russia to provide more information about plague lab deathSecretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday called on Russia to provide more information surrounding a suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in the country after a woman working at a laboratory handling the deadly pathogens died. While the World Health Organization said Tuesday the risk of spread in Russia and to Europe is generally low, it…The Hill
HEALTHOct 6Russia denies plague death but quarantines hundreds without explanationEuroNews [en]
HEALTHOct 6What we know about the apparent plague death in RussiaCBS News
HEALTHOct 6EU countries to discuss suspected plague outbreak in RussiaEuroNews [en]
HEALTHOct 6What we know about Russia’s suspected plague caseAl Jazeera [en]
HEALTHOct 6WHO: No further signs of infections at Russian plague labThe 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…The Hill
HEALTHOct 6What we know about the death of a worker at Russian plague labCBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder shares what we know so far about the death of a female scientist who worked at a plague research center in Russia's far-eastern Siberia region.CBS News
HEALTHOct 6WHO says public health risk "appears to be low" after Russian plague lab worker's deathRussia says one of its workers at a plague research lab died last week of pneumonia of unknown origin, sparking worldwide concern. Leigh Kiniry has more.CBS News
HEALTHOct 6Russia tells WHO there are no plague cases in Siberian cityLaboratory worker at plague research institute died last weekIrish Times World
HEALTHOct 6Russia says no plague found in contacts of Siberian lab worker who diedPlague had not been detected among close contacts of a worker in an anti-plague laboratory in Siberia who died last week, with 60% of the identified group tested so far, officials in Russia said Tuesday.NBC News
HEALTHOct 6Rubio calls on Russia to disclose more about potential plague caseU.S. agencies have been trying to determine if the death of a Russian laboratory worker is related to pneumonic plague.Washington Post World
HEALTHOct 6Plague risk to UK 'very low', officials say after Russian woman's deathThe risk to the UK from plague is very low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, after the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.Sky News World
HEALTHOct 6How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker diesThe World Health Organization says that a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia poses a "very low" risk outside the countryThe Independent World