The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East was set up in 1934 to control plague outbreaks. Its founding scientist helped quell outbreaks in Siberia, Mo ...

By Andrew Osborn and Jennifer Rigby MOSCOW/LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances on October 2, ...

Outbreak control measures are underway after a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia died last week in undisclosed circumstances.

Plague is still endemic to Siberia, the location of the first known prehistoric human outbreak.

Russian health officials said that Ms. Shipilova had died of pneumonia of unknown cause. While plague can lead to pneumonia, ...

In the meantime, here's what we do know about the bacterial disease of plague — and the variant known as pneumonic plague.

Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory ...

Death of lab worker at anti-plague institute in Siberia has spurred speculation that she contracted the infection ...

Russian authorities have sought to allay global worries over the death of a young woman who worked at a Siberian anti-plague ...

The death of a Siberian lab worker from unknown pneumonia sparks quarantines and public health concerns, though officials ...

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