Infectious diseases

Unproven ‘cures’ pushed online amid Russia plague concerns

A security official looking out from the door of an infectious diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, where an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute is said to have died from the disease.

Quarantine, unease and rumours: Russian town grapples with plague scare

The Russian town of Shelekhov appears outwardly calm, yet many are concerned over rumours of a plague outbreak.

US CDC sees low plague risk, monitors Siberia arrivals after worker death, director says

An HHS spokesman said there are about 200 individuals a year from the Siberian region who travel to the United States.

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A masked woman walking past the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, in the Russian city of Irkutsk, on Oct 7.

Trump says ‘we don’t think’ Russian plague is bio-weapon

A masked woman walking past the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, in the Russian city of Irkutsk, on Oct 7.

WHO says cannot conduct full risk assessment on Russia plague reports

A security official at an infectious diseases hospital in the Russian town of Shelekhov.

Mongolia orders ‘surveillance’ on Russia border after reported plague death

The Russian authorities have played down the reports, saying the woman died of pneumonia and the cause was “undetermined”.

China says it’s talking to Russia on suspected plague case

A view of the entrance to the grounds of the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk on Oct 6.

‘Nobody seems to care’: Russian city shrugs off plague reports

Some residents in Irkutsk questioned whether the laboratory worker had died of plague at all.

US presses Russia for information over suspected plague death at Siberian lab

A satellite image shows the Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia. Media reports say an employee of the institute may have contracted pneumonic plague from a broken test tube.

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