A young lab worker died inside a Siberian plague institute. Russia says it was pneumonia. Here is every twist as it happens.
The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has hunted plague across half of Russia since 1934. Here is what it does, where the disease still lives, and what the latest reporting says about the young technician's death.
Read the storyRussia says there is no plague, yet a Siberian hospital is handing out plague checklists. Here is how pneumonic plague spreads, how it is cured, and how worried you actually need to be.
Read the storyA plague lab worker in Siberia died of what Russia calls pneumonia. The world is sceptical because Moscow has hidden deadly lab outbreaks before, once for 13 years.
Read the storyA 28-year-old technician at a Siberian anti-plague institute died two days after reaching hospital. Hospitals were sealed, nearly 200 people isolated, and now Trump says he will raise it with Putin.
Read the storyTrump says a call with Putin about the suspected plague case in Siberia is coming "very soon". Washington wants data, the WHO wants answers, and the Kremlin says thanks but there is nothing to see.
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