Conflicting information about the death of a lab worker at a Russian plague research institute has fueled fears about the possibility of pneumonic plague spreading. Nearly 200 people are in ...

A single death inside a Siberian plague lab has put three hospitals in lockdown, and officials can’t agree on what killed her ...

The bacteria that caused the Black Death in the Middle Ages persists in the U.S. and abroad, but human deaths are largely ...

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An unexplained death at a Russian plague research institute has prompted international scrutiny. The incident raises ...

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The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a “very low” risk outside the ...

The World Health Organization has said it still does not have enough information to rule out a lab accident after the death of a worker in a Russian plague lab.

Russian authorities insist that the incident in Irkutsk, Siberia, has been contained, with 200 people thought to have been ...

Over a week after a young scientist died under mysterious circumstances at a Siberian plague institute, the Kremlin has still ...

Human plague killed millions in the 1300s and it can still kill in 2026, but it's rarer. Arizona had a fatal case of plague ...

Reports of a lab worker dying in Russia after allegedly being exposed to plague have raised concerns, even as the WHO says ...