A Week Later, Russia Hasn’t Said What Pathogen Killed Plague Researcher

NYT World Saturday 10 October 2026, 09:01 UTC By Paul Sonne and Julian E. Barnes 1 min read

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The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. A 28-year-old researcher there died of an unexplained pneumonia.

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A Week Later, Russia Hasn’t Said What Pathogen Killed Plague Researcher

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